Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] xfsprogs: fix potential memory leak in verify_set_primary_sb()

[Li Zhong <zhong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 09:31 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 9/26/13 1:45 AM, Li Zhong wrote:
> > If verify_set_primary_sb() completes the secondary sb scanning loop with
> > too few valid secondaries found (num_ok < num_sbs / 2), it will immediately
> > return without freeing any of the previously allocated memory (variables
> > sb, checked, and any items on the geo list).  This was reported by
> > the Coverity scanner as CID 997012, 997013 and 997014.
> > 
> > Fix this by using the out_free_list: goto target for this error case.
> > 
> > Earlier, if get_sb() fails in the secondary scan loop, it goes to
> > the out: target which does not free any items on the geo list.   Fix
> > this by using the out_free_list: target as well, and remove the now-unused
> > out: target.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <zhong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> > v2: as Mark pointed out, out in the for loop before also needs list to
> >  be freed. Also remove out lable as it is not referenced any more.
> > v3: use a meaningful changlog from Eric, and hide the patch changlogs below "---".
> 
> Thanks for that; you can add my:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
> 
> alongside Mark's.

Ah, I missed that. Is it ok to just add it here in this mail? 

Reviewed-by: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@sgi.com>

> 
> >  repair/sb.c | 9 +++++----
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/repair/sb.c b/repair/sb.c
> > index aa550e3..d34d7a2 100644
> > --- a/repair/sb.c
> > +++ b/repair/sb.c
> > @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ verify_set_primary_sb(xfs_sb_t		*rsb,
> >  
> >  			if (get_sb(sb, off, size, agno) == XR_EOF)  {
> >  				retval = 1;
> > -				goto out;
> > +				goto out_free_list;
> >  			}
> >  
> >  			if (verify_sb(sb, 0) == XR_OK)  {
> > @@ -756,8 +756,10 @@ verify_set_primary_sb(xfs_sb_t		*rsb,
> >  	/*
> >  	 * see if we have enough superblocks to bother with
> >  	 */
> > -	if (num_ok < num_sbs / 2)
> > -		return(XR_INSUFF_SEC_SB);
> > +	if (num_ok < num_sbs / 2) {
> > +		retval = XR_INSUFF_SEC_SB;
> > +		goto out_free_list;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	current = get_best_geo(list);
> >  
> > @@ -841,7 +843,6 @@ verify_set_primary_sb(xfs_sb_t		*rsb,
> >  
> >  out_free_list:
> >  	free_geo(list);
> > -out:
> >  	free(sb);
> >  	free(checked);
> >  	return(retval);
> > 
> 


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