Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak if fill_super failed

From: Kari Argillander
Date: Tue Sep 28 2021 - 13:44:42 EST


On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 08:17:29PM +0300, Konstantin Komarov wrote:
> Restore fc->s_fs_info to free memory allocated in ntfs_init_fs_context.
>
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ntfs3/super.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
> index 800897777eb0..aff90f70e7bf 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
> @@ -1242,6 +1242,10 @@ static int ntfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
> return 0;
> out:
> iput(inode);
> +
> + /* Restore fc->s_fs_info to free memory allocated in ntfs_init_fs_context. */
> + fc->s_fs_info = sbi;
> +

Nack. fc->s_fs_info is already pointing to sbi. We null this just before
we exit so it is impossible to be anything else in failure case.

fc->fs_private = NULL;
fc->s_fs_info = NULL;

return 0;
out:
iput(inode);

> return err;
> }
>
> --
> 2.33.0
>
>