Re: [PATCH] params: fix potential memory leak in add_sysfs_param()

[David Woodhouse]

On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 22:17 +0000, Woodhouse, David wrote:
> 
> Except that in the failure case we *free* the old mk->mp and never free
> mk->mp->grp.attrs so it *is* indeed lost.
> 
> A simpler version of Arjun's patch might look like this:
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
> index 34f5270..f9459bc 100644
> --- a/kernel/params.c
> +++ b/kernel/params.c
> @@ -613,7 +613,6 @@ static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct 
> module_kobject *mk,
>                        sizeof(*mk->mp) + sizeof(mk->mp->attrs[0]) * (num+1),
>                        GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!new) {
> -               kfree(attrs);
>                 err = -ENOMEM;
>                 goto fail;
>         }
> @@ -653,7 +652,10 @@ static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct 
> module_kobject *mk,
>  fail_free_new:
>         kfree(new);
>  fail:
> -       mk->mp = NULL;
> +       if (mk->mp) {
> +               kfree(mk->mp->grp.attrs);
> +               mk->mp = NULL;
> +       }
>         return err;
>  }

Of course this and Arjun's original *both* fail to fix the classic bug
in the 'new = krealloc(mk->mp…)' bit, failing to free the old mk->mp if
the realloc fails. I think my alternative fix that didn't kill the old
params is probably the better way forward.

-- 
dwmw2

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