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* [PATCH] bio: Fix potential memory leak in bio_find_or_create_slab()
@ 2012-08-09  5:52 Alexey Khoroshilov
  2012-08-09 13:15 ` Jeff Moyer
  2012-08-09 13:19 ` Jens Axboe
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alexey Khoroshilov @ 2012-08-09  5:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jens Axboe
  Cc: Alexey Khoroshilov, Alexander Viro, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel,
	ldv-project

Do not leak memory by updating pointer with potentially NULL realloc return value.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
---
 fs/bio.c |   11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index 5eaa70c..3fb4380 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache *bio_find_or_create_slab(unsigned int extra_size)
 {
 	unsigned int sz = sizeof(struct bio) + extra_size;
 	struct kmem_cache *slab = NULL;
-	struct bio_slab *bslab;
+	struct bio_slab *bslab, *new_bio_slabs;
 	unsigned int i, entry = -1;
 
 	mutex_lock(&bio_slab_lock);
@@ -97,11 +97,12 @@ static struct kmem_cache *bio_find_or_create_slab(unsigned int extra_size)
 
 	if (bio_slab_nr == bio_slab_max && entry == -1) {
 		bio_slab_max <<= 1;
-		bio_slabs = krealloc(bio_slabs,
-				     bio_slab_max * sizeof(struct bio_slab),
-				     GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!bio_slabs)
+		new_bio_slabs = krealloc(bio_slabs,
+					 bio_slab_max * sizeof(struct bio_slab),
+					 GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!new_bio_slabs)
 			goto out_unlock;
+		bio_slabs = new_bio_slabs;
 	}
 	if (entry == -1)
 		entry = bio_slab_nr++;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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* Re: [PATCH] bio: Fix potential memory leak in bio_find_or_create_slab()
  2012-08-09  5:52 [PATCH] bio: Fix potential memory leak in bio_find_or_create_slab() Alexey Khoroshilov
@ 2012-08-09 13:15 ` Jeff Moyer
  2012-08-09 13:19 ` Jens Axboe
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Moyer @ 2012-08-09 13:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alexey Khoroshilov
  Cc: Jens Axboe, Alexander Viro, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel,
	ldv-project

Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru> writes:

> Do not leak memory by updating pointer with potentially NULL realloc return value.
>
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>

Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>

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* Re: [PATCH] bio: Fix potential memory leak in bio_find_or_create_slab()
  2012-08-09  5:52 [PATCH] bio: Fix potential memory leak in bio_find_or_create_slab() Alexey Khoroshilov
  2012-08-09 13:15 ` Jeff Moyer
@ 2012-08-09 13:19 ` Jens Axboe
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jens Axboe @ 2012-08-09 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alexey Khoroshilov
  Cc: Alexander Viro, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel, ldv-project

On 08/09/2012 07:52 AM, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> Do not leak memory by updating pointer with potentially NULL realloc return value.
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Thanks, applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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