Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 8 Aug 2012 09:17:09 +0200 (CEST) | From | Peter Meerwald <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] iio/adjd_s311: Fix potential memory leak in adjd_s311_update_scan_mode() |
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> Do not leak memory by updating pointer with potentially > NULL realloc return value.
I agree
use of krealloc() was suggested in driver review (see http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-iio/msg05930.html) to shorten the code; unfortunately, I misunderstood the semantics of krealloc() in case allocation fails
this is the original code:
kfree(data->buffer); data->buffer = kmalloc(indio_dev->scan_bytes, GFP_KERNEL); if (!data->buffer) return -ENOMEM;
I suggest to switch back to that original code, there is no need preserve the data in the buffer as krealloc does
thanks, p.
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). > > Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru> > --- > drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c | 14 ++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c b/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c > index 1cbb449..0adda5b 100644 > --- a/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c > +++ b/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c > @@ -271,12 +271,18 @@ static int adjd_s311_update_scan_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, > const unsigned long *scan_mask) > { > struct adjd_s311_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev); > - data->buffer = krealloc(data->buffer, indio_dev->scan_bytes, > + u16 *new_buffer; > + int ret = 0; > + > + new_buffer = krealloc(data->buffer, indio_dev->scan_bytes, > GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!data->buffer) > - return -ENOMEM; > + if (new_buffer == NULL) { > + kfree(data->buffer); > + ret = -ENOMEM; > + } > + data->buffer = new_buffer; > > - return 0; > + return ret; > } > > static const struct iio_info adjd_s311_info = { >
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