[PATCH] HID: hidraw: fix a problem of memory leak in hidraw_release()

From: Su Hui
Date: Thu Jan 25 2024 - 01:39:59 EST


'struct hidraw_list' is a circular queue whose head can be smaller than
tail. Using 'list->tail != list->head' to release all memory that should
be released.

Fixes: a5623a203cff ("HID: hidraw: fix memory leak in hidraw_release()")
Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hidraw.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
index 13c8dd8cd350..2bc762d31ac7 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hidraw.c
@@ -357,8 +357,11 @@ static int hidraw_release(struct inode * inode, struct file * file)
down_write(&minors_rwsem);

spin_lock_irqsave(&hidraw_table[minor]->list_lock, flags);
- for (int i = list->tail; i < list->head; i++)
- kfree(list->buffer[i].value);
+ while (list->tail != list->head) {
+ kfree(list->buffer[list->tail].value);
+ list->buffer[list->tail].value = NULL;
+ list->tail = (list->tail + 1) & (HIDRAW_BUFFER_SIZE - 1);
+ }
list_del(&list->node);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hidraw_table[minor]->list_lock, flags);
kfree(list);
--
2.30.2