Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Ma Ke <> | Subject | [PATCH] spmi: hisi-spmi-controller: fix potential memory leak in spmi_controller_probe() | Date | Fri, 22 Sep 2023 10:52:16 +0800 |
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spmi_controller_alloc() allocates a memory space for ctrl. When some errors occur, ctrl should be handled by spmi_controller_put() and set spmi_controller->controller = NULL because spmi_controller->controller has a dangling pointer to the freed memory. When the failure happens, the function returns without calling spmi_controller_put() and setting spmi_controller->controller = NULL, which will lead to a memory leak.
When the failure happens, we can fix it by calling spmi_controller_put() and setting spmi_controller->controller = NULL in all of the places where we call spmi_controller_put().
Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make_ruc2021@163.com> --- drivers/spmi/hisi-spmi-controller.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/spmi/hisi-spmi-controller.c b/drivers/spmi/hisi-spmi-controller.c index 9cbd473487cb..5b3cfa7f5056 100644 --- a/drivers/spmi/hisi-spmi-controller.c +++ b/drivers/spmi/hisi-spmi-controller.c @@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ static int spmi_controller_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) err_put_controller: spmi_controller_put(ctrl); + spmi_controller->controller = NULL; return ret; } -- 2.37.2
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