Re: [PATCH][next] vfio/mdpy: Fix memory leak of object mdev_state->vconfig

[Alex Williamson]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:37:10 +0100
Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In the case where the call to vfio_register_group_dev fails the error
> return path kfree's mdev_state but not mdev_state->vconfig. Fix this
> by kfree'ing mdev_state->vconfig before returning.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
> Fixes: 437e41368c01 ("vfio/mdpy: Convert to use vfio_register_group_dev()")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
> index 7e9c9df0f05b..393c9df6f6a0 100644
> --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
> +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
> @@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ static int mdpy_probe(struct mdev_device *mdev)
>  
>  	ret = vfio_register_group_dev(&mdev_state->vdev);
>  	if (ret) {
> +		kfree(mdev_state->vconfig);
>  		kfree(mdev_state);
>  		return ret;
>  	}

Applied to vfio next branch for v5.14, thanks!

Alex