Re: [PATCH] iio: gts-helper: Fix memory leaks for i = 1 error path

From: Matti Vaittinen
Date: Tue Oct 15 2024 - 05:05:38 EST


Thanks a lot Jinjie. I appreciate your fixes!

On 14/10/2024 04:31, Jinjie Ruan wrote:
If i = 1, and per_time_scales[i] or per_time_gains[i] kcalloc fails in
iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table(), the err_free_out will fail to enter
kfree for loop because i-- is 0, and all the per_time_scales[0] and
per_time_gains[0] will not be freed, which will cause memory leaks.

I guess the loop never frees the memory pointed by the first pointer in these arrays. I mean, the freeing is not working as it should even if the 'i' was something else but 1.


Fix it by checking if i >= 0.

The fix seems good to me. So, with a tiny change in commit message:

Reviewed-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@xxxxxxxxx>


Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 38416c28e168 ("iio: light: Add gain-time-scale helpers")
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/industrialio-gts-helper.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-gts-helper.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-gts-helper.c
index 7326c7949244..5f131bc1a01e 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-gts-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-gts-helper.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static int iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table(struct iio_gts *gts)
return 0;
err_free_out:
- for (i--; i; i--) {
+ for (i--; i >= 0; i--) {
kfree(per_time_scales[i]);
kfree(per_time_gains[i]);
}