[PATCH v3] ext4: fix memory leaks in ext4_fname_{setup_filename,prepare_lookup}

From: Luís Henriques
Date: Thu Aug 03 2023 - 05:18:15 EST


If the filename casefolding fails, we'll be leaking memory from the
fscrypt_name struct, namely from the 'crypto_buf.name' member.

Make sure we free it in the error path on both ext4_fname_setup_filename()
and ext4_fname_prepare_lookup() functions.

Fixes: 1ae98e295fa2 ("ext4: optimize match for casefolded encrypted dirs")
Signed-off-by: Luís Henriques <lhenriques@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v2:
- Rephrased commit log to (hopefully!) make it more clear.
- Use ext4_fname_free_filename() instead of fscrypt_free_filename().
Although not strictly needed, it cleans up the fname struct, removing a
dangling pointer to freed memory.

Changes since v1:
- Include fix to ext4_fname_prepare_lookup() as well
- Add 'Fixes:' tag

fs/ext4/crypto.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/crypto.c b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
index e20ac0654b3f..453d4da5de52 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)
+ ext4_fname_free_filename(fname);
#endif
return err;
}
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ int ext4_fname_prepare_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,

#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)
err = ext4_fname_setup_ci_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, fname);
+ if (err)
+ ext4_fname_free_filename(fname);
#endif
return err;
}