[PATCH] net: mdiobus: Fix memory leak in __mdiobus_register

From: Yanfei Xu
Date: Sun Sep 26 2021 - 00:54:35 EST


Once device_register() failed, we should call put_device() to
decrement reference count for cleanup. Or it will cause memory
leak.

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888114032e00 (size 256):
comm "kworker/1:3", pid 2960, jiffies 4294943572 (age 15.920s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 2e 03 14 81 88 ff ff ................
08 2e 03 14 81 88 ff ff 90 76 65 82 ff ff ff ff .........ve.....
backtrace:
[<ffffffff8265cfab>] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:591 [inline]
[<ffffffff8265cfab>] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:721 [inline]
[<ffffffff8265cfab>] device_private_init drivers/base/core.c:3203 [inline]
[<ffffffff8265cfab>] device_add+0x89b/0xdf0 drivers/base/core.c:3253
[<ffffffff828dd643>] __mdiobus_register+0xc3/0x450 drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:537
[<ffffffff828cb835>] __devm_mdiobus_register+0x75/0xf0 drivers/net/phy/mdio_devres.c:87
[<ffffffff82b92a00>] ax88772_init_mdio drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:676 [inline]
[<ffffffff82b92a00>] ax88772_bind+0x330/0x480 drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:786
[<ffffffff82baa33f>] usbnet_probe+0x3ff/0xdf0 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1745
[<ffffffff82c36e17>] usb_probe_interface+0x177/0x370 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
[<ffffffff82661d17>] call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:517 [inline]
[<ffffffff82661d17>] really_probe.part.0+0xe7/0x380 drivers/base/dd.c:596
[<ffffffff826620bc>] really_probe drivers/base/dd.c:558 [inline]
[<ffffffff826620bc>] __driver_probe_device+0x10c/0x1e0 drivers/base/dd.c:751
[<ffffffff826621ba>] driver_probe_device+0x2a/0x120 drivers/base/dd.c:781
[<ffffffff82662a26>] __device_attach_driver+0xf6/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
[<ffffffff8265eca7>] bus_for_each_drv+0xb7/0x100 drivers/base/bus.c:427
[<ffffffff826625a2>] __device_attach+0x122/0x260 drivers/base/dd.c:969
[<ffffffff82660916>] bus_probe_device+0xc6/0xe0 drivers/base/bus.c:487
[<ffffffff8265cd0b>] device_add+0x5fb/0xdf0 drivers/base/core.c:3359
[<ffffffff82c343b9>] usb_set_configuration+0x9d9/0xb90 drivers/usb/core/message.c:2170
[<ffffffff82c4473c>] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x8c/0xc0 drivers/usb/core/generic.c:238

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff888116f06900 (size 32):
comm "kworker/0:2", pid 2670, jiffies 4294944448 (age 7.160s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
75 73 62 2d 30 30 31 3a 30 30 33 00 00 00 00 00 usb-001:003.....
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<ffffffff81484516>] kstrdup+0x36/0x70 mm/util.c:60
[<ffffffff814845a3>] kstrdup_const+0x53/0x80 mm/util.c:83
[<ffffffff82296ba2>] kvasprintf_const+0xc2/0x110 lib/kasprintf.c:48
[<ffffffff82358d4b>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x3b/0xe0 lib/kobject.c:289
[<ffffffff826575f3>] dev_set_name+0x63/0x90 drivers/base/core.c:3147
[<ffffffff828dd63b>] __mdiobus_register+0xbb/0x450 drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:535
[<ffffffff828cb835>] __devm_mdiobus_register+0x75/0xf0 drivers/net/phy/mdio_devres.c:87
[<ffffffff82b92a00>] ax88772_init_mdio drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:676 [inline]
[<ffffffff82b92a00>] ax88772_bind+0x330/0x480 drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c:786
[<ffffffff82baa33f>] usbnet_probe+0x3ff/0xdf0 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:1745
[<ffffffff82c36e17>] usb_probe_interface+0x177/0x370 drivers/usb/core/driver.c:396
[<ffffffff82661d17>] call_driver_probe drivers/base/dd.c:517 [inline]
[<ffffffff82661d17>] really_probe.part.0+0xe7/0x380 drivers/base/dd.c:596
[<ffffffff826620bc>] really_probe drivers/base/dd.c:558 [inline]
[<ffffffff826620bc>] __driver_probe_device+0x10c/0x1e0 drivers/base/dd.c:751
[<ffffffff826621ba>] driver_probe_device+0x2a/0x120 drivers/base/dd.c:781
[<ffffffff82662a26>] __device_attach_driver+0xf6/0x140 drivers/base/dd.c:898
[<ffffffff8265eca7>] bus_for_each_drv+0xb7/0x100 drivers/base/bus.c:427
[<ffffffff826625a2>] __device_attach+0x122/0x260 drivers/base/dd.c:969

Reported-by: syzbot+398e7dc692ddbbb4cfec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
index 53f034fc2ef7..6f4b4e5df639 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ int __mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *bus, struct module *owner)
err = device_register(&bus->dev);
if (err) {
pr_err("mii_bus %s failed to register\n", bus->id);
+ put_device(&bus->dev);
return -EINVAL;
}

--
2.27.0