Re: [PATCH] ACPI: scan: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon May 10 2021 - 13:04:55 EST


On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, May 08, 2021 at 09:23:09AM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > If 'acpi_device_set_name()' fails, we must free
> > 'acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id' or there is a (potential) memory leak.
>
> Good catch!
> I guess I have lost it somewhere in the middle of developing the mentioned fix.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks!
>
> > Fixes: eb50aaf960e3 ("ACPI: scan: Use unique number for instance_no")
> > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/acpi/scan.c | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > index a22778e880c2..651a431e2bbf 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
> > @@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ int acpi_device_add(struct acpi_device *device,
> >
> > result = acpi_device_set_name(device, acpi_device_bus_id);
> > if (result) {
> > + kfree_const(acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id);
> > kfree(acpi_device_bus_id);
> > goto err_unlock;
> > }
> > --

Applied as 5.13-rc material, thanks!