Re: [PATCH v2] nbd: Fix memory leak in nbd_add_socket

From: Zhengbin (OSKernel)
Date: Sun Jun 21 2020 - 23:26:19 EST



On 2020/6/20 20:05, Markus Elfring wrote:
If we add first socket to nbd, config->socks is malloced but
num_connections does not update(nsock's allocation fail), the memory
is leaked. Cause in later nbd_config_put(), will only free config->socks
when num_connections is not 0.

Let nsock's allocation first to avoid this.
I suggest to improve this change description.
Can an other wording variant be nicer?

em, how about this?


When adding first socket to nbd, if nsock's allocation fails, config->socks

is malloced but num_connections does not update, memory leak will occur(Function

nbd_config_put will only free config->socks when num_connections is not 0).



â
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1037,21 +1037,22 @@ static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg,
return -EBUSY;
}

+ nsock = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nbd_sock), GFP_KERNEL);
Please use the following code variant.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=4333a9b0b67bb4e8bcd91bdd80da80b0ec151162#n854

+ nsock = kzalloc(sizeof(*nsock), GFP_KERNEL);


â
if (!socks) {
sockfd_put(sock);
+ kfree(nsock);
return -ENOMEM;
}
Please take another software design possibility into account.

if (!socks) {
- sockfd_put(sock);
- return -ENOMEM;
+ kfree(nsock);
+ goto put_socket;
}


Regards,
Markus

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