Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: think-lmi: Free system certificate signatures

From: Mark Pearson

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 15:31:28 EST




On Mon, Aug 10, 2026, at 4:41 PM, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Multi-certificate support also allows the system authentication object
> to store ->signature and ->save_signature, which leak when the driver is
> removed. Free the signatures to avoid leaking memory.
>
> Fixes: 5dcb5ef12590 ("platform/x86: think-lmi: Multi-certificate support")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
> b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
> index e215e86e3db7..e3e683bf3469 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/think-lmi.c
> @@ -1456,6 +1456,10 @@ static void tlmi_release_attr(void)
> /* Free up any saved signatures */
> kfree(tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->signature);
> kfree(tlmi_priv.pwd_admin->save_signature);
> + if (tlmi_priv.pwd_system) {
> + kfree(tlmi_priv.pwd_system->signature);
> + kfree(tlmi_priv.pwd_system->save_signature);
> + }
>
> /* Authentication structures */
> list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, n, &tlmi_priv.authentication_kset->list, entry)

Ouch, this one is an embarassing miss for me. Thanks for fixing.
Reviewed-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@xxxxxxxxx>

Mark