Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak if fill_super failed

[Kari Argillander]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 08:17:29PM +0300, Konstantin Komarov wrote:
> Restore fc->s_fs_info to free memory allocated in ntfs_init_fs_context.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/ntfs3/super.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
> index 800897777eb0..aff90f70e7bf 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
> @@ -1242,6 +1242,10 @@ static int ntfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
>  	return 0;
>  out:
>  	iput(inode);
> +
> +	/* Restore fc->s_fs_info to free memory allocated in ntfs_init_fs_context. */
> +	fc->s_fs_info = sbi;
> +

Nack. fc->s_fs_info is already pointing to sbi. We null this just before
we exit so it is impossible to be anything else in failure case.

	fc->fs_private = NULL;
	fc->s_fs_info = NULL;

	return 0;
out:
	iput(inode);

>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.33.0
> 
>