Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fname_setup_filename() error path

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Wed Aug 02 2023 - 00:23:14 EST


On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 03:41:36PM +0100, Luís Henriques wrote:
> If casefolding the filename fails, we'll be leaking fscrypt_buf name.
> Make sure we free it in the error path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luís Henriques <lhenriques@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ext4/crypto.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/crypto.c b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
> index e20ac0654b3f..9e4503b051c4 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/crypto.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ int ext4_fname_setup_filename(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *iname,
>
> #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)
> err = ext4_fname_setup_ci_filename(dir, iname, fname);
> + if (err)
> + fscrypt_free_filename(&name);
> #endif
> return err;
> }

Doesn't ext4_fname_prepare_lookup() have the same bug?

Also, please include a Fixes tag.

- Eric