Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: fix a memory leak in rtw_mp_QueryDrv()

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 09:25:16PM +0800, Jianglei Nie wrote:
> Line 6191 (#1) allocates a memory chunk for input by kmalloc().
> Line 6213 (#3) frees the input before the function returns while
> line 6199 (#2) forget to free it, which will lead to a memory leak.
> This bug influences all stable versions from 5.15.1 to 5.15.7.
> 
> We should kfree() input in line 6199 (#2).
> 
> 6186 static int rtw_mp_QueryDrv(struct net_device *dev,
> 6187 			struct iw_request_info *info,
> 6188 			union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra)
> 6189 {
> 6191	char	*input = kmalloc(wrqu->data.length, GFP_KERNEL);
> 	// #1: kmalloc space
> 
> 6195	if (!input)
> 6196		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> 6198 	if (copy_from_user(input, wrqu->data.pointer, wrqu->data.length))
> 6199 			return -EFAULT; // #2: missing kfree
> 
> 6213 	kfree(input); // #3: kfree space
> 6214 	return 0;
> 6215 }
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@163.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> index 906a57eae1af..edc660f15436 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> @@ -6195,8 +6195,11 @@ static int rtw_mp_QueryDrv(struct net_device *dev,
>  	if (!input)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	if (copy_from_user(input, wrqu->data.pointer, wrqu->data.length))
> -			return -EFAULT;
> +	if (copy_from_user(input, wrqu->data.pointer, wrqu->data.length)) {
> +		kfree(input);
> +		return -EFAULT;
> +	}
> +
>  	DBG_88E("%s:iwpriv in =%s\n", __func__, input);
>  
>  	qAutoLoad = strncmp(input, "autoload", 8); /*  strncmp true is 0 */
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
> 

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