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* [PATCH] tracing/user_events: Fix memory leak in user_event_create()
@ 2022-11-15  1:44 Xiu Jianfeng
  2022-11-15 15:07 ` Masami Hiramatsu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Xiu Jianfeng @ 2022-11-15  1:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: rostedt, mhiramat, beaub; +Cc: linux-kernel

Before current_user_event_group(), it has allocated memory and save it
in @name, this should freed before return error.

Fixes: e5d271812e7a ("tracing/user_events: Move pages/locks into groups to prepare for namespaces")
Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@huawei.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index ae78c2d53c8a..539b08ae7020 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -1100,8 +1100,10 @@ static int user_event_create(const char *raw_command)
 
 	group = current_user_event_group();
 
-	if (!group)
+	if (!group) {
+		kfree(name);
 		return -ENOENT;
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&group->reg_mutex);
 
-- 
2.17.1


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* Re: [PATCH] tracing/user_events: Fix memory leak in user_event_create()
  2022-11-15  1:44 [PATCH] tracing/user_events: Fix memory leak in user_event_create() Xiu Jianfeng
@ 2022-11-15 15:07 ` Masami Hiramatsu
  2022-11-15 17:07   ` Beau Belgrave
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Masami Hiramatsu @ 2022-11-15 15:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Xiu Jianfeng; +Cc: rostedt, beaub, linux-kernel

On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:44:45 +0800
Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@huawei.com> wrote:

> Before current_user_event_group(), it has allocated memory and save it
> in @name, this should freed before return error.
> 
> Fixes: e5d271812e7a ("tracing/user_events: Move pages/locks into groups to prepare for namespaces")
> Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@huawei.com>

This looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

Thanks,

> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> index ae78c2d53c8a..539b08ae7020 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> @@ -1100,8 +1100,10 @@ static int user_event_create(const char *raw_command)
>  
>  	group = current_user_event_group();
>  
> -	if (!group)
> +	if (!group) {
> +		kfree(name);
>  		return -ENOENT;
> +	}
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&group->reg_mutex);
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 


-- 
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

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* Re: [PATCH] tracing/user_events: Fix memory leak in user_event_create()
  2022-11-15 15:07 ` Masami Hiramatsu
@ 2022-11-15 17:07   ` Beau Belgrave
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Beau Belgrave @ 2022-11-15 17:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Masami Hiramatsu; +Cc: Xiu Jianfeng, rostedt, linux-kernel

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 12:07:17AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:44:45 +0800
> Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@huawei.com> wrote:
> 
> > Before current_user_event_group(), it has allocated memory and save it
> > in @name, this should freed before return error.
> > 

Nice catch!

Acked-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@linux.microsoft.com>

Thanks,
-Beau

> > Fixes: e5d271812e7a ("tracing/user_events: Move pages/locks into groups to prepare for namespaces")
> > Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@huawei.com>
> 
> This looks good to me.
> 
> Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> > ---
> >  kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 4 +++-
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> > index ae78c2d53c8a..539b08ae7020 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> > @@ -1100,8 +1100,10 @@ static int user_event_create(const char *raw_command)
> >  
> >  	group = current_user_event_group();
> >  
> > -	if (!group)
> > +	if (!group) {
> > +		kfree(name);
> >  		return -ENOENT;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	mutex_lock(&group->reg_mutex);
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.17.1
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

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