Re: [PATCH] tracing/user_events: Fix memory leak in user_event_create()

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On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:44:45 +0800
Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Before current_user_event_group(), it has allocated memory and save it
> in @name, this should freed before return error.
> 
> Fixes: e5d271812e7a ("tracing/user_events: Move pages/locks into groups to prepare for namespaces")
> Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>

This looks good to me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> index ae78c2d53c8a..539b08ae7020 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
> @@ -1100,8 +1100,10 @@ static int user_event_create(const char *raw_command)
>  
>  	group = current_user_event_group();
>  
> -	if (!group)
> +	if (!group) {
> +		kfree(name);
>  		return -ENOENT;
> +	}
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&group->reg_mutex);
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>