FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in xbc_make_cmdline()" failed to apply to 5.14-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in xbc_make_cmdline()" failed to apply to 5.14-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 1ae43851b18afe861120ebd7c426dc44f06bb2bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:23:12 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in xbc_make_cmdline()

Free unused memblock in a error case to fix memblock leak
in xbc_make_cmdline().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/163177339181.682366.8713781325929549256.stgit@devnote2

Fixes: 51887d03aca1 ("bootconfig: init: Allow admin to use bootconfig for kernel command line")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 81a79a77db46..3c4054a95545 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ static char * __init xbc_make_cmdline(const char *key)
 	ret = xbc_snprint_cmdline(new_cmdline, len + 1, root);
 	if (ret < 0 || ret > len) {
 		pr_err("Failed to print extra kernel cmdline.\n");
+		memblock_free_ptr(new_cmdline, len + 1);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 

Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in xbc_make_cmdline()" failed to apply to 5.14-stable tree

[Steven Rostedt]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:30:54 +0200
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> The patch below does not apply to the 5.14-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

This should apply to both 5.14 and 5.10.

-- Steve

> ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 1ae43851b18afe861120ebd7c426dc44f06bb2bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:23:12 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in xbc_make_cmdline()

Free unused memblock in a error case to fix memblock leak
in xbc_make_cmdline().

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/163177339181.682366.8713781325929549256.stgit@devnote2

Fixes: 51887d03aca1 ("bootconfig: init: Allow admin to use bootconfig for kernel command line")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

Index: linux-test.git/init/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux-test.git.orig/init/main.c
+++ linux-test.git/init/main.c
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ static char * __init xbc_make_cmdline(co
 	ret = xbc_snprint_cmdline(new_cmdline, len + 1, root);
 	if (ret < 0 || ret > len) {
 		pr_err("Failed to print extra kernel cmdline.\n");
+		memblock_free(__pa(new_cmdline), len + 1);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 

Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in xbc_make_cmdline()" failed to apply to 5.14-stable tree

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 04:12:58PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:30:54 +0200
> <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > The patch below does not apply to the 5.14-stable tree.
> > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> > id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> > 
> 
> This should apply to both 5.14 and 5.10.

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h