[PATCH] ALSA: usx2y: fix a memory leak bug

[PATCH] ALSA: usx2y: fix a memory leak bug

[Wenwen Wang]

In usX2Y_In04_init(), a new urb is firstly created through usb_alloc_urb()
and saved to 'usX2Y->In04urb'. Then, a buffer is allocated through
kmalloc() and saved to 'usX2Y->In04Buf'. After the urb is initialized, a
sanity check is performed for the endpoint in the urb by invoking
usb_urb_ep_type_check(). If the check fails, the error code EINVAL will be
returned. In that case, however, the created urb and the allocated buffer
are not freed, leading to memory leaks.

To fix the above issue, free the urb and the buffer if the check fails.

Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu>
---
 sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
index da4a5a5..0817018 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
@@ -303,8 +303,11 @@ int usX2Y_In04_init(struct usX2Ydev *usX2Y)
 			 usX2Y->In04Buf, 21,
 			 i_usX2Y_In04Int, usX2Y,
 			 10);
-	if (usb_urb_ep_type_check(usX2Y->In04urb))
+	if (usb_urb_ep_type_check(usX2Y->In04urb)) {
+		kfree(usX2Y->In04Buf);
+		usb_put_urb(usX2Y->In04urb);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	return usb_submit_urb(usX2Y->In04urb, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH] ALSA: usx2y: fix a memory leak bug

[Wenwen Wang]

In usX2Y_In04_init(), a new urb is firstly created through usb_alloc_urb()
and saved to 'usX2Y->In04urb'. Then, a buffer is allocated through
kmalloc() and saved to 'usX2Y->In04Buf'. After the urb is initialized, a
sanity check is performed for the endpoint in the urb by invoking
usb_urb_ep_type_check(). If the check fails, the error code EINVAL will be
returned. In that case, however, the created urb and the allocated buffer
are not freed, leading to memory leaks.

To fix the above issue, free the urb and the buffer if the check fails.

Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu>
---
 sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
index da4a5a5..0817018 100644
--- a/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
+++ b/sound/usb/usx2y/usbusx2y.c
@@ -303,8 +303,11 @@ int usX2Y_In04_init(struct usX2Ydev *usX2Y)
 			 usX2Y->In04Buf, 21,
 			 i_usX2Y_In04Int, usX2Y,
 			 10);
-	if (usb_urb_ep_type_check(usX2Y->In04urb))
+	if (usb_urb_ep_type_check(usX2Y->In04urb)) {
+		kfree(usX2Y->In04Buf);
+		usb_put_urb(usX2Y->In04urb);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	return usb_submit_urb(usX2Y->In04urb, GFP_KERNEL);
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH] ALSA: usx2y: fix a memory leak bug

[Takashi Iwai]

On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:42:32 +0200,
Wenwen Wang wrote:
> 
> In usX2Y_In04_init(), a new urb is firstly created through usb_alloc_urb()
> and saved to 'usX2Y->In04urb'. Then, a buffer is allocated through
> kmalloc() and saved to 'usX2Y->In04Buf'. After the urb is initialized, a
> sanity check is performed for the endpoint in the urb by invoking
> usb_urb_ep_type_check(). If the check fails, the error code EINVAL will be
> returned. In that case, however, the created urb and the allocated buffer
> are not freed, leading to memory leaks.
> 
> To fix the above issue, free the urb and the buffer if the check fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu>

Applied now, thanks.


Takashi

Re: [PATCH] ALSA: usx2y: fix a memory leak bug

[Takashi Iwai]

On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 09:18:40 +0200,
Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:42:32 +0200,
> Wenwen Wang wrote:
> > 
> > In usX2Y_In04_init(), a new urb is firstly created through usb_alloc_urb()
> > and saved to 'usX2Y->In04urb'. Then, a buffer is allocated through
> > kmalloc() and saved to 'usX2Y->In04Buf'. After the urb is initialized, a
> > sanity check is performed for the endpoint in the urb by invoking
> > usb_urb_ep_type_check(). If the check fails, the error code EINVAL will be
> > returned. In that case, however, the created urb and the allocated buffer
> > are not freed, leading to memory leaks.
> > 
> > To fix the above issue, free the urb and the buffer if the check fails.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu>
> 
> Applied now, thanks.

... and looking at the code again, this patch turned out to be wrong.
The in04 urb and transfer buffer are freed at card->private_free
callback (snd_usX2Y_card_private_free()) later, so this patch would
lead to double-free.

I dropped the patch now.


thanks,

Takashi

Re: [PATCH] ALSA: usx2y: fix a memory leak bug

[Wenwen Wang]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 12:36 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 09:18:40 +0200,
> Takashi Iwai wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:42:32 +0200,
> > Wenwen Wang wrote:
> > >
> > > In usX2Y_In04_init(), a new urb is firstly created through usb_alloc_urb()
> > > and saved to 'usX2Y->In04urb'. Then, a buffer is allocated through
> > > kmalloc() and saved to 'usX2Y->In04Buf'. After the urb is initialized, a
> > > sanity check is performed for the endpoint in the urb by invoking
> > > usb_urb_ep_type_check(). If the check fails, the error code EINVAL will be
> > > returned. In that case, however, the created urb and the allocated buffer
> > > are not freed, leading to memory leaks.
> > >
> > > To fix the above issue, free the urb and the buffer if the check fails.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu>
> >
> > Applied now, thanks.
>
> ... and looking at the code again, this patch turned out to be wrong.
> The in04 urb and transfer buffer are freed at card->private_free
> callback (snd_usX2Y_card_private_free()) later, so this patch would
> lead to double-free.

Thanks for your comment! Does that mean we should remove
usb_free_urb() in the if statement of allocating 'usX2Y->In04Buf',
because it may also lead to double free?

Wenwen

Re: [PATCH] ALSA: usx2y: fix a memory leak bug

[Takashi Iwai]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:50:11 +0200,
Wenwen Wang wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 12:36 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 09:18:40 +0200,
> > Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:42:32 +0200,
> > > Wenwen Wang wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In usX2Y_In04_init(), a new urb is firstly created through usb_alloc_urb()
> > > > and saved to 'usX2Y->In04urb'. Then, a buffer is allocated through
> > > > kmalloc() and saved to 'usX2Y->In04Buf'. After the urb is initialized, a
> > > > sanity check is performed for the endpoint in the urb by invoking
> > > > usb_urb_ep_type_check(). If the check fails, the error code EINVAL will be
> > > > returned. In that case, however, the created urb and the allocated buffer
> > > > are not freed, leading to memory leaks.
> > > >
> > > > To fix the above issue, free the urb and the buffer if the check fails.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu>
> > >
> > > Applied now, thanks.
> >
> > ... and looking at the code again, this patch turned out to be wrong.
> > The in04 urb and transfer buffer are freed at card->private_free
> > callback (snd_usX2Y_card_private_free()) later, so this patch would
> > lead to double-free.
> 
> Thanks for your comment! Does that mean we should remove
> usb_free_urb() in the if statement of allocating 'usX2Y->In04Buf',
> because it may also lead to double free?

Yes, that's another superfluous code.


Takashi

Re: [PATCH] ALSA: usx2y: fix a memory leak bug

[Wenwen Wang]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 1:42 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:50:11 +0200,
> Wenwen Wang wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 12:36 AM Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 09:18:40 +0200,
> > > Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 08:42:32 +0200,
> > > > Wenwen Wang wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > In usX2Y_In04_init(), a new urb is firstly created through usb_alloc_urb()
> > > > > and saved to 'usX2Y->In04urb'. Then, a buffer is allocated through
> > > > > kmalloc() and saved to 'usX2Y->In04Buf'. After the urb is initialized, a
> > > > > sanity check is performed for the endpoint in the urb by invoking
> > > > > usb_urb_ep_type_check(). If the check fails, the error code EINVAL will be
> > > > > returned. In that case, however, the created urb and the allocated buffer
> > > > > are not freed, leading to memory leaks.
> > > > >
> > > > > To fix the above issue, free the urb and the buffer if the check fails.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wang6495@umn.edu>
> > > >
> > > > Applied now, thanks.
> > >
> > > ... and looking at the code again, this patch turned out to be wrong.
> > > The in04 urb and transfer buffer are freed at card->private_free
> > > callback (snd_usX2Y_card_private_free()) later, so this patch would
> > > lead to double-free.
> >
> > Thanks for your comment! Does that mean we should remove
> > usb_free_urb() in the if statement of allocating 'usX2Y->In04Buf',
> > because it may also lead to double free?
>
> Yes, that's another superfluous code.

Thanks! I will rework the patch.

Wenwen