[PATCH linux-next v2 1/3] platform/x86/intel/tpmi: Fix double free in tpmi_create_device()

From: Dongliang Mu
Date: Wed Mar 08 2023 - 23:04:21 EST


The previous commit 6a192c0cbf38 ("platform/x86/intel/tpmi: Fix
double free reported by Smatch") incorrectly handle the deallocation of
res variable. As shown in the comment, intel_vsec_add_aux handles all
the deallocation of res and feature_vsec_dev. Therefore, kfree(res) can
still cause double free if intel_vsec_add_aux returns error.

Fix this by adjusting the error handling part in tpmi_create_device,
following the function intel_vsec_add_dev.

Fixes: 6a192c0cbf38 ("platform/x86/intel/tpmi: Fix double free reported by Smatch")
Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/intel/tpmi.c | 17 ++++-------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/tpmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/tpmi.c
index c999732b0f1e..882fe5e4763f 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/tpmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/tpmi.c
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ static int tpmi_create_device(struct intel_tpmi_info *tpmi_info,

feature_vsec_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*feature_vsec_dev), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!feature_vsec_dev) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto free_res;
+ kfree(res);
+ return -ENOMEM;
}

snprintf(feature_id_name, sizeof(feature_id_name), "tpmi-%s", name);
@@ -242,17 +242,8 @@ static int tpmi_create_device(struct intel_tpmi_info *tpmi_info,
* feature_vsec_dev memory is also freed as part of device
* delete.
*/
- ret = intel_vsec_add_aux(vsec_dev->pcidev, &vsec_dev->auxdev.dev,
- feature_vsec_dev, feature_id_name);
- if (ret)
- goto free_res;
-
- return 0;
-
-free_res:
- kfree(res);
-
- return ret;
+ return intel_vsec_add_aux(vsec_dev->pcidev, &vsec_dev->auxdev.dev,
+ feature_vsec_dev, feature_id_name);
}

static int tpmi_create_devices(struct intel_tpmi_info *tpmi_info)
--
2.39.2