Re: [PATCH v2] kernel/module: Fix mem leak in module_add_modinfo_attrs

From: Yuehaibing
Date: Mon Jun 03 2019 - 08:45:22 EST



On 2019/6/3 18:47, Jessica Yu wrote:
> +++ YueHaibing [30/05/19 21:43 +0800]:
>> In module_add_modinfo_attrs if sysfs_create_file
>> fails, we forget to free allocated modinfo_attrs
>> and roll back the sysfs files.
>>
>> Fixes: 03e88ae1b13d ("[PATCH] fix module sysfs files reference counting")
>> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2: free from '--i' instead of 'i--'
>> ---
>> kernel/module.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>> index 6e6712b..78e21a7 100644
>> --- a/kernel/module.c
>> +++ b/kernel/module.c
>> @@ -1723,15 +1723,29 @@ static int module_add_modinfo_attrs(struct module *mod)
>> return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> temp_attr = mod->modinfo_attrs;
>> - for (i = 0; (attr = modinfo_attrs[i]) && !error; i++) {
>> + for (i = 0; (attr = modinfo_attrs[i]); i++) {
>> if (!attr->test || attr->test(mod)) {
>> memcpy(temp_attr, attr, sizeof(*temp_attr));
>> sysfs_attr_init(&temp_attr->attr);
>> error = sysfs_create_file(&mod->mkobj.kobj,
>> &temp_attr->attr);
>> + if (error)
>> + goto error_out;
>> ++temp_attr;
>> }
>> }
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +
>> +error_out:
>> + for (; (attr = &mod->modinfo_attrs[i]) && i >= 0; --i) {
>
> The increment step is executed after the body of the loop, so this is
> still starting at i instead of i - 1. I think we need:
>
> for (--i; (attr = &mod->modinfo_attrs[i]) && i >= 0; i--)

oops, my bad, will fix it.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Jessica
>
>> + if (!attr->attr.name)
>> + break;
>> + sysfs_remove_file(&mod->mkobj.kobj, &attr->attr);
>> + if (attr->free)
>> + attr->free(mod);
>> + }
>> + kfree(mod->modinfo_attrs);
>> return error;
>> }
>>
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>
>>
>
> .
>