[PATCH] pata_parport: fix possible memory leak

From: Ondrej Zary
Date: Sat Mar 11 2023 - 13:52:20 EST


When ida_alloc() fails, "pi" is not freed although the misleading
comment says otherwise.
Move the ida_alloc() call up so we really don't have to free it.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202303111822.IHNchbkp-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c b/drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c
index 6165ee9aa7da..fb1f10afa722 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_parport/pata_parport.c
@@ -503,18 +503,19 @@ static struct pi_adapter *pi_init_one(struct parport *parport,
if (bus_for_each_dev(&pata_parport_bus_type, NULL, &match, pi_find_dev))
return NULL;

+ id = ida_alloc(&pata_parport_bus_dev_ids, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (id < 0)
+ return NULL;
+
pi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct pi_adapter), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!pi)
- return NULL;
+ goto out_ida_free;

/* set up pi->dev before pi_probe_unit() so it can use dev_printk() */
pi->dev.parent = &pata_parport_bus;
pi->dev.bus = &pata_parport_bus_type;
pi->dev.driver = &pr->driver;
pi->dev.release = pata_parport_dev_release;
- id = ida_alloc(&pata_parport_bus_dev_ids, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (id < 0)
- return NULL; /* pata_parport_dev_release will do kfree(pi) */
pi->dev.id = id;
dev_set_name(&pi->dev, "pata_parport.%u", pi->dev.id);
if (device_register(&pi->dev)) {
--
Ondrej Zary