[PATCH 2/2] amba: fix memory leak in amba_device_try_add()

From: Kefeng Wang
Date: Thu Apr 07 2022 - 10:49:52 EST


If amba_device_try_add() return error code (not EPROBE_DEFER),
memory leak occurred when amba device fails to read periphid.

unreferenced object 0xc1c60800 (size 1024):
comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294937333 (age 75.200s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
40 40 db c1 04 08 c6 c1 04 08 c6 c1 00 00 00 00 @@..............
00 d9 c1 c1 84 6f 38 c1 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 .....o8.........
backtrace:
[<(ptrval)>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x168/0x2b4
[<(ptrval)>] amba_device_alloc+0x38/0x7c
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_bus_create+0x2f4/0x4e8
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_bus_create+0x380/0x4e8
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_bus_create+0x380/0x4e8
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_bus_create+0x380/0x4e8
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_populate+0x70/0xc4
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_default_populate_init+0xb4/0xcc
[<(ptrval)>] do_one_initcall+0x58/0x218
[<(ptrval)>] kernel_init_freeable+0x250/0x29c
[<(ptrval)>] kernel_init+0x24/0x148
[<(ptrval)>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x1c
[<00000000>] 0x0
unreferenced object 0xc1db4040 (size 64):
comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294937333 (age 75.200s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
31 63 30 66 30 30 30 30 2e 77 64 74 00 00 00 00 1c0f0000.wdt....
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<(ptrval)>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x19c/0x2f8
[<(ptrval)>] kvasprintf+0x60/0xcc
[<(ptrval)>] kvasprintf_const+0x54/0x78
[<(ptrval)>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x34/0xa8
[<(ptrval)>] dev_set_name+0x40/0x5c
[<(ptrval)>] of_device_make_bus_id+0x128/0x1f8
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_bus_create+0x4dc/0x4e8
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_bus_create+0x380/0x4e8
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_bus_create+0x380/0x4e8
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_bus_create+0x380/0x4e8
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_populate+0x70/0xc4
[<(ptrval)>] of_platform_default_populate_init+0xb4/0xcc
[<(ptrval)>] do_one_initcall+0x58/0x218
[<(ptrval)>] kernel_init_freeable+0x250/0x29c
[<(ptrval)>] kernel_init+0x24/0x148
[<(ptrval)>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x1c

Fix them by adding amba_device_put() to release device name and
amba device.

Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/amba/bus.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/amba/bus.c b/drivers/amba/bus.c
index 0073d8ba0353..7e775ba6fdd9 100644
--- a/drivers/amba/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/amba/bus.c
@@ -478,8 +478,14 @@ static int amba_device_try_add(struct amba_device *dev, struct resource *parent)
goto skip_probe;

ret = amba_read_periphid(dev);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+ amba_device_put(dev);
+ goto err_out;
+ }
goto err_release;
+ }
+
skip_probe:
ret = device_add(&dev->dev);
err_release:
--
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