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From: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi: Fix memory leak in efivar_ssdt_load
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 14:53:58 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Zyi11v-6V_ivKS5x@grain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZyizcvscUWIyZYdE@grain>

On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 02:43:46PM +0300, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> When we load ssdt from efi variable (specified with efivar_ssdt=something
> boot command line argument) a name for the variable is allocated
> dynamically because we traverse all efi variables. Unlike an acpi table
> data, which is later used by acpi engine, the name is no longer needed
> once traverse is complete -- don't forget to free this memory.

Drop it for a while: found that ret variable is shadowed while compiler
didn't spit a warn about, not a bug but better fix it. Will send v2.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-04 11:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-04 11:43 [PATCH] efi: Fix memory leak in efivar_ssdt_load Cyrill Gorcunov
2024-11-04 11:53 ` Cyrill Gorcunov [this message]
2024-11-04 12:13   ` [PATCH v2] " Cyrill Gorcunov
2024-11-15 17:02     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2024-11-15 18:36       ` Cyrill Gorcunov

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