Re: [PATCH] ipmi: kcs_bmc: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of 'kcs_bmc_serio_add_device()'

From: Andrew Jeffery
Date: Fri Oct 29 2021 - 00:10:15 EST




On Wed, 8 Sep 2021, at 06:36, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> In the unlikely event where 'devm_kzalloc()' fails and 'kzalloc()'
> succeeds, 'port' would be leaking.
>
> Test each allocation separately to avoid the leak.
>
> Fixes: 3a3d2f6a4c64 ("ipmi: kcs_bmc: Add serio adaptor")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Jeffery <andrew@xxxxxxxx>

Sorry for the delay

> ---
> drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_serio.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_serio.c
> b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_serio.c
> index 7948cabde50b..7e2067628a6c 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_serio.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/kcs_bmc_serio.c
> @@ -73,10 +73,12 @@ static int kcs_bmc_serio_add_device(struct
> kcs_bmc_device *kcs_bmc)
> struct serio *port;
>
> priv = devm_kzalloc(kcs_bmc->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!priv)
> + return -ENOMEM;
>
> /* Use kzalloc() as the allocation is cleaned up with kfree() via
> serio_unregister_port() */
> port = kzalloc(sizeof(*port), GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (!(priv && port))
> + if (!port)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> port->id.type = SERIO_8042;
> --
> 2.30.2