[RFC PATCH] futex: Fix futex_waitv() hrtimer debug object leak on kcalloc error

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Wed Dec 14 2022 - 17:20:23 EST


In a scenario where kcalloc() fails to allocate memory, the futex_waitv
system call immediately returns -ENOMEM without invoking
destroy_hrtimer_on_stack(). When CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS=y, this
results in leaking a timer debug object.

Fixes: bf69bad38cf6 ("futex: Implement sys_futex_waitv()")
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andre Almeida <andrealmeid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.16+
---
kernel/futex/syscalls.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/futex/syscalls.c b/kernel/futex/syscalls.c
index 086a22d1adb7..a8074079b09e 100644
--- a/kernel/futex/syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/syscalls.c
@@ -286,19 +286,22 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(futex_waitv, struct futex_waitv __user *, waiters,
}

futexv = kcalloc(nr_futexes, sizeof(*futexv), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!futexv)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (!futexv) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto destroy_timer;
+ }

ret = futex_parse_waitv(futexv, waiters, nr_futexes);
if (!ret)
ret = futex_wait_multiple(futexv, nr_futexes, timeout ? &to : NULL);

+ kfree(futexv);
+
+destroy_timer:
if (timeout) {
hrtimer_cancel(&to.timer);
destroy_hrtimer_on_stack(&to.timer);
}
-
- kfree(futexv);
return ret;
}

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2.25.1