Re: [PATCH] scsi: sd: Jump to out_free_index if device_add{,_disk}() fail

[Dan Carpenter]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 10:44:52AM +0200, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> Currently, if device_add() or device_add_disk() fail, the code jumps to
> the "out" label. Doing so we get a memory leak as Syzbot reports.[1]
> 
> Fix this bug by jumping to the "out_free_index" label.
> 
> [1] https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller-bugs/c/BvuqG6YGb6I
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+f08c77040fa163a75a46@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 2a7a891f4c40 ("scsi: sd: Add error handling support for add_disk()")
> Fixes: 265dfe8ebbab ("scsi: sd: Free scsi_disk device via put_device()")
> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/sd.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> index a390679cf458..61fcf653ef5a 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> @@ -3434,7 +3434,7 @@ static int sd_probe(struct device *dev)
>  	error = device_add(&sdkp->disk_dev);
>  	if (error) {
>  		put_device(&sdkp->disk_dev);
> -		goto out;
> +		goto out_free_index;

The put_device calls scsi_disk_release() so this change will introduce
use after frees and double frees.

There is a larger process issue here.  We need to figure out why syzbot
did not detect that this patch introduces bugs.

regards,
dan carpenter