Re: [PATCH v2] firmware_loader: fix memory leak for paged buffer

[Takashi Iwai]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:00:22 +0200,
Prateek Sood wrote:
> 
> vfree() is being called on paged buffer allocated
> using alloc_page() and mapped using vmap().
> 
> Freeing of pages in vfree() relies on nr_pages of
> struct vm_struct. vmap() does not update nr_pages.
> It can lead to memory leaks.
> 
> Fixes: ddaf29fd9bb6 ("firmware: Free temporary page table after vmapping")
> Signed-off-by: Prateek Sood <prsood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>

Note that, for including to stable kernels properly, you'd need to put
a Cc-to-stable line around the signed-off-by section in the patch
itself.  OTOH, you don't have to send the patch itself to stable when
you submit it.


thanks,

Takashi

> ---
>  drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h |  2 ++
>  drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c     | 17 +++++++++++------
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
> index 933e2192..d08efc7 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/firmware.h
> @@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ static inline void fw_state_done(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
>  void fw_free_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv);
>  int fw_grow_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, int pages_needed);
>  int fw_map_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv);
> +bool fw_is_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv);
>  #else
>  static inline void fw_free_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv) {}
>  static inline int fw_grow_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv, int pages_needed) { return -ENXIO; }
>  static inline int fw_map_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv) { return -ENXIO; }
> +static inline bool fw_is_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv) { return false; }
>  #endif
>  
>  #endif /* __FIRMWARE_LOADER_H */
> diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
> index ca871b1..36bf455 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
> @@ -252,9 +252,11 @@ static void __free_fw_priv(struct kref *ref)
>  	list_del(&fw_priv->list);
>  	spin_unlock(&fwc->lock);
>  
> -	fw_free_paged_buf(fw_priv); /* free leftover pages */
> -	if (!fw_priv->allocated_size)
> +	if (fw_is_paged_buf(fw_priv))
> +		fw_free_paged_buf(fw_priv);
> +	else if (!fw_priv->allocated_size)
>  		vfree(fw_priv->data);
> +
>  	kfree_const(fw_priv->fw_name);
>  	kfree(fw_priv);
>  }
> @@ -268,6 +270,11 @@ static void free_fw_priv(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_FW_LOADER_PAGED_BUF
> +bool fw_is_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
> +{
> +	return fw_priv->is_paged_buf;
> +}
> +
>  void fw_free_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
>  {
>  	int i;
> @@ -275,6 +282,8 @@ void fw_free_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
>  	if (!fw_priv->pages)
>  		return;
>  
> +	vunmap(fw_priv->data);
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < fw_priv->nr_pages; i++)
>  		__free_page(fw_priv->pages[i]);
>  	kvfree(fw_priv->pages);
> @@ -328,10 +337,6 @@ int fw_map_paged_buf(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
>  	if (!fw_priv->data)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	/* page table is no longer needed after mapping, let's free */
> -	kvfree(fw_priv->pages);
> -	fw_priv->pages = NULL;
> -
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  #endif
> -- 
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