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* [PATCH] sound: Fix memory leak on error in snd_compr_set_params()
@ 2012-01-23 20:02 Jesper Juhl
  2012-01-24  9:16 ` Vinod Koul
  2012-01-24 14:30 ` Takashi Iwai
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jesper Juhl @ 2012-01-23 20:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Takashi Iwai
  Cc: linux-kernel, alsa-devel, Vinod Koul, Pierre-Louis Bossart,
	Jaroslav Kysela

If copy_from_user() does not return 0 we'll leak the memory we
allocated for 'params' when that variable goes out of scope.

Also a small CodingStyle cleanup: Use braces on both branches of
if/else when one branch needs it.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
---
 sound/core/compress_offload.c |   13 ++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
index dac3633..a68aed7 100644
--- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
+++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
@@ -441,19 +441,22 @@ snd_compr_set_params(struct snd_compr_stream *stream, unsigned long arg)
 		params = kmalloc(sizeof(*params), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!params)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		if (copy_from_user(params, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(*params)))
-			return -EFAULT;
+		if (copy_from_user(params, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(*params))) {
+			retval = -EFAULT;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		retval = snd_compr_allocate_buffer(stream, params);
 		if (retval) {
-			kfree(params);
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		retval = stream->ops->set_params(stream, params);
 		if (retval)
 			goto out;
 		stream->runtime->state = SNDRV_PCM_STATE_SETUP;
-	} else
+	} else {
 		return -EPERM;
+	}
 out:
 	kfree(params);
 	return retval;
-- 
1.7.8.4


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* Re: [PATCH] sound: Fix memory leak on error in snd_compr_set_params()
  2012-01-23 20:02 [PATCH] sound: Fix memory leak on error in snd_compr_set_params() Jesper Juhl
@ 2012-01-24  9:16 ` Vinod Koul
  2012-01-24 14:30 ` Takashi Iwai
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Vinod Koul @ 2012-01-24  9:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jesper Juhl
  Cc: Takashi Iwai, linux-kernel, alsa-devel, Pierre-Louis Bossart,
	Jaroslav Kysela

On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 21:02 +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> If copy_from_user() does not return 0 we'll leak the memory we
> allocated for 'params' when that variable goes out of scope.
> 
> Also a small CodingStyle cleanup: Use braces on both branches of
> if/else when one branch needs it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
Thanks for the fix
Acked-by: Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  sound/core/compress_offload.c |   13 ++++++++-----
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> index dac3633..a68aed7 100644
> --- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> +++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> @@ -441,19 +441,22 @@ snd_compr_set_params(struct snd_compr_stream *stream, unsigned long arg)
>  		params = kmalloc(sizeof(*params), GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (!params)
>  			return -ENOMEM;
> -		if (copy_from_user(params, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(*params)))
> -			return -EFAULT;
> +		if (copy_from_user(params, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(*params))) {
> +			retval = -EFAULT;
> +			goto out;
> +		}
>  		retval = snd_compr_allocate_buffer(stream, params);
>  		if (retval) {
> -			kfree(params);
> -			return -ENOMEM;
> +			retval = -ENOMEM;
> +			goto out;
>  		}
>  		retval = stream->ops->set_params(stream, params);
>  		if (retval)
>  			goto out;
>  		stream->runtime->state = SNDRV_PCM_STATE_SETUP;
> -	} else
> +	} else {
>  		return -EPERM;
> +	}
>  out:
>  	kfree(params);
>  	return retval;
> -- 
> 1.7.8.4
> 
> 


-- 
~Vinod


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* Re: [PATCH] sound: Fix memory leak on error in snd_compr_set_params()
  2012-01-23 20:02 [PATCH] sound: Fix memory leak on error in snd_compr_set_params() Jesper Juhl
  2012-01-24  9:16 ` Vinod Koul
@ 2012-01-24 14:30 ` Takashi Iwai
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Takashi Iwai @ 2012-01-24 14:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jesper Juhl
  Cc: linux-kernel, alsa-devel, Vinod Koul, Pierre-Louis Bossart,
	Jaroslav Kysela

At Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:02:57 +0100 (CET),
Jesper Juhl wrote:
> 
> If copy_from_user() does not return 0 we'll leak the memory we
> allocated for 'params' when that variable goes out of scope.
> 
> Also a small CodingStyle cleanup: Use braces on both branches of
> if/else when one branch needs it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>

Thanks, applied now.


Takashi

> ---
>  sound/core/compress_offload.c |   13 ++++++++-----
>  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/sound/core/compress_offload.c b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> index dac3633..a68aed7 100644
> --- a/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> +++ b/sound/core/compress_offload.c
> @@ -441,19 +441,22 @@ snd_compr_set_params(struct snd_compr_stream *stream, unsigned long arg)
>  		params = kmalloc(sizeof(*params), GFP_KERNEL);
>  		if (!params)
>  			return -ENOMEM;
> -		if (copy_from_user(params, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(*params)))
> -			return -EFAULT;
> +		if (copy_from_user(params, (void __user *)arg, sizeof(*params))) {
> +			retval = -EFAULT;
> +			goto out;
> +		}
>  		retval = snd_compr_allocate_buffer(stream, params);
>  		if (retval) {
> -			kfree(params);
> -			return -ENOMEM;
> +			retval = -ENOMEM;
> +			goto out;
>  		}
>  		retval = stream->ops->set_params(stream, params);
>  		if (retval)
>  			goto out;
>  		stream->runtime->state = SNDRV_PCM_STATE_SETUP;
> -	} else
> +	} else {
>  		return -EPERM;
> +	}
>  out:
>  	kfree(params);
>  	return retval;
> -- 
> 1.7.8.4
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>       http://www.chaosbits.net/
> Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html
> Plain text mails only, please.
> 

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