Re: [PATCH][next] fs/ntfs3: Fix a memory leak on object opts

From: Kari Argillander
Date: Fri Sep 10 2021 - 06:50:25 EST


On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 11:02:02AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently a failed allocation on sbi->upcase will cause an exit via
> the label free_sbi causing a memory leak on object opts. Fix this by
> re-ordering the exit paths free_opts and free_sbi so that kfree's occur
> in the reverse allocation order.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
> Fixes: 27fac77707a1 ("fs/ntfs3: Init spi more in init_fs_context than fill_super")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Thanks Colin.

Reviewed-by: Kari Argillander <kari.argillander@xxxxxxxxx>

> fs/ntfs3/super.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
> index 3cba0b5e7ac7..69f23db0d727 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
> @@ -1450,10 +1450,10 @@ static int ntfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
> fc->ops = &ntfs_context_ops;
>
> return 0;
> -free_opts:
> - kfree(opts);
> free_sbi:
> kfree(sbi);
> +free_opts:
> + kfree(opts);
> return -ENOMEM;
> }
>
> --
> 2.32.0
>