Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: parsers: qcom: Fix leaking of partition name

From: Bjorn Andersson
Date: Tue May 25 2021 - 19:16:33 EST


On Tue 25 May 18:09 CDT 2021, Ansuel Smith wrote:

> Add cleanup function as the name variable for the partition name was
> allocaed but never freed after the use as the add mtd function
> duplicate the name and free the pparts struct as the partition name is
> assumed to be static.
> The leak was found using kmemleak.
>

Reviewed-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Bjorn

> Fixes: 803eb124e1a6 ("mtd: parsers: Add Qcom SMEM parser")
> Signed-off-by: Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c b/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c
> index d9083308f6ba..06a818cd2433 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/parsers/qcomsmempart.c
> @@ -159,6 +159,15 @@ static int parse_qcomsmem_part(struct mtd_info *mtd,
> return ret;
> }
>
> +static void parse_qcomsmem_cleanup(const struct mtd_partition *pparts,
> + int nr_parts)
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < nr_parts; i++)
> + kfree(pparts[i].name);
> +}
> +
> static const struct of_device_id qcomsmem_of_match_table[] = {
> { .compatible = "qcom,smem-part" },
> {},
> @@ -167,6 +176,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, qcomsmem_of_match_table);
>
> static struct mtd_part_parser mtd_parser_qcomsmem = {
> .parse_fn = parse_qcomsmem_part,
> + .cleanup = parse_qcomsmem_cleanup,
> .name = "qcomsmem",
> .of_match_table = qcomsmem_of_match_table,
> };
> --
> 2.31.1
>