Re: [PATCH v2] of: unittest: fix memory leak in attach_node_and_children

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Nov 26 2019 - 14:23:50 EST


On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:48:04 +0100, Erhard Furtner wrote:
> In attach_node_and_children memory is allocated for full_name via
> kasprintf. If the condition of the 1st if is not met the function
> returns early without freeing the memory. Add a kfree() to fix that.
>
> This has been detected with kmemleak:
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205327
>
> It looks like the leak was introduced by this commit:
> Fixes: 5babefb7f7ab ("of: unittest: allow base devicetree to have symbol metadata")
>
> Signed-off-by: Erhard Furtner <erhard_f@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Make the commit message more clearer.
>
> drivers/of/unittest.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Applied, thanks.

Rob