Re: [PATCH] jffs2:freely allocate memory when parameters are invalid

[Xiaoming Ni]

On 2019/9/20 19:43, Al Viro wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 02:54:38PM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote:
>> Use kzalloc() to allocate memory in jffs2_fill_super().
>> Freeing memory when jffs2_parse_options() fails will cause
>> use-after-free and double-free in jffs2_kill_sb()
> 
> ... so we are not freeing it there.  What's the problem?

No code logic issues, no memory leaks

But there is too much code logic between memory allocation and free,
which is difficult to understand.

The modified code is easier to understand.

thanks

Xiaoming Ni