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* [PATCH] i40e: Fix memory leak at failure path in i40e_dbg_command_write()
@ 2015-02-20 22:24 Alexey Khoroshilov
  2015-02-20 23:28 ` Jeff Kirsher
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Alexey Khoroshilov @ 2015-02-20 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jeff Kirsher
  Cc: Alexey Khoroshilov, Linux NICS, e1000-devel, netdev, linux-kernel,
	ldv-project

The patch fixes a leak of 'cmd_buf' when copy_from_user() failed
in i40e_dbg_command_write().

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

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
index 61236f983971..c17ee77100d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
@@ -989,8 +989,10 @@ static ssize_t i40e_dbg_command_write(struct file *filp,
 	if (!cmd_buf)
 		return count;
 	bytes_not_copied = copy_from_user(cmd_buf, buffer, count);
-	if (bytes_not_copied < 0)
+	if (bytes_not_copied < 0) {
+		kfree(cmd_buf);
 		return bytes_not_copied;
+	}
 	if (bytes_not_copied > 0)
 		count -= bytes_not_copied;
 	cmd_buf[count] = '\0';
-- 
1.9.1

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* Re: [PATCH] i40e: Fix memory leak at failure path in i40e_dbg_command_write()
  2015-02-20 22:24 [PATCH] i40e: Fix memory leak at failure path in i40e_dbg_command_write() Alexey Khoroshilov
@ 2015-02-20 23:28 ` Jeff Kirsher
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Kirsher @ 2015-02-20 23:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alexey Khoroshilov
  Cc: Linux NICS, e1000-devel, netdev, linux-kernel, ldv-project

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On Sat, 2015-02-21 at 01:24 +0300, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> The patch fixes a leak of 'cmd_buf' when copy_from_user() failed
> in i40e_dbg_command_write().
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks Alexey, I have added your patch to my queue.

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