[PATCH] kernel/module: Fix memleak in module_add_modinfo_attrs()

[PATCH] kernel/module: Fix memleak in module_add_modinfo_attrs()

[YueHaibing]

In module_add_modinfo_attrs() if sysfs_create_file() fails
on the first iteration of the loop (so i = 0), we forget to
free the modinfo_attrs.

Fixes: bc6f2a757d52 ("kernel/module: Fix mem leak in module_add_modinfo_attrs")
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
---
 kernel/module.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index c3770b2..8ec670e 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1784,6 +1784,8 @@ static int module_add_modinfo_attrs(struct module *mod)
 error_out:
 	if (i > 0)
 		module_remove_modinfo_attrs(mod, --i);
+	else
+		kfree(mod->modinfo_attrs);
 	return error;
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH] kernel/module: Fix memleak in module_add_modinfo_attrs()

[Miroslav Benes]

On Sat, 28 Dec 2019, YueHaibing wrote:

> In module_add_modinfo_attrs() if sysfs_create_file() fails
> on the first iteration of the loop (so i = 0), we forget to
> free the modinfo_attrs.
> 
> Fixes: bc6f2a757d52 ("kernel/module: Fix mem leak in module_add_modinfo_attrs")
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>

Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>

M

Re: [PATCH] kernel/module: Fix memleak in module_add_modinfo_attrs()

[Jessica Yu]

+++ YueHaibing [28/12/19 19:54 +0800]:
>In module_add_modinfo_attrs() if sysfs_create_file() fails
>on the first iteration of the loop (so i = 0), we forget to
>free the modinfo_attrs.
>
>Fixes: bc6f2a757d52 ("kernel/module: Fix mem leak in module_add_modinfo_attrs")
>Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>

Applied, thanks!

Jessica

>---
> kernel/module.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
>diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
>index c3770b2..8ec670e 100644
>--- a/kernel/module.c
>+++ b/kernel/module.c
>@@ -1784,6 +1784,8 @@ static int module_add_modinfo_attrs(struct module *mod)
> error_out:
> 	if (i > 0)
> 		module_remove_modinfo_attrs(mod, --i);
>+	else
>+		kfree(mod->modinfo_attrs);
> 	return error;
> }
>
>-- 
>2.7.4
>
>