Re: [patch] efi: fix error handling in add_sysfs_runtime_map_entry()

[Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>]

On Tue, 21 Apr, at 04:46:28PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I spotted two (difficult to hit) bugs while reviewing this.
> 
> 1)  There is a double free bug because we unregister "map_kset" in
>     add_sysfs_runtime_map_entry() and also efi_runtime_map_init().
> 2)  If we fail to allocate "entry" then we should return
>     ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) instead of NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
 
Thanks applied.

(Leaving the patch intact for Dave's benefit)

> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-map.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-map.c
> index 87b8e3b..5c55227 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-map.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-map.c
> @@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ add_sysfs_runtime_map_entry(struct kobject *kobj, int nr)
>  	entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!entry) {
>  		kset_unregister(map_kset);
> -		return entry;
> +		map_kset = NULL;
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  	}
>  
>  	memcpy(&entry->md, efi_runtime_map + nr * efi_memdesc_size,
> @@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ add_sysfs_runtime_map_entry(struct kobject *kobj, int nr)
>  	if (ret) {
>  		kobject_put(&entry->kobj);
>  		kset_unregister(map_kset);
> +		map_kset = NULL;
>  		return ERR_PTR(ret);
>  	}
>  
> @@ -195,8 +197,6 @@ out_add_entry:
>  		entry = *(map_entries + j);
>  		kobject_put(&entry->kobj);
>  	}
> -	if (map_kset)
> -		kset_unregister(map_kset);
>  out:
>  	return ret;
>  }
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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center