[PATCH 2/2] ubifs: dirty_cow_znode: Fix memleak in error handling path

From: Zhihao Cheng
Date: Fri Nov 18 2022 - 03:41:36 EST


Following process will cause a memleak for copied up znode:

dirty_cow_znode
zn = copy_znode(c, znode);
err = insert_old_idx(c, zbr->lnum, zbr->offs);
if (unlikely(err))
return ERR_PTR(err); // No one refers to zn.

Fix it by adding copied znode back to tnc, then it will be freed
by ubifs_destroy_tnc_subtree() while closing tnc.

Fetch a reproducer in [Link].

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216705
Fixes: 1e51764a3c2a ("UBIFS: add new flash file system")
Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ubifs/tnc.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
index 2df56bbc6865..2469f72eeaab 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
@@ -267,11 +267,18 @@ static struct ubifs_znode *dirty_cow_znode(struct ubifs_info *c,
if (zbr->len) {
err = insert_old_idx(c, zbr->lnum, zbr->offs);
if (unlikely(err))
- return ERR_PTR(err);
+ /*
+ * Obsolete znodes will be freed by tnc_destroy_cnext()
+ * or free_obsolete_znodes(), copied up znodes should
+ * be added back to tnc and freed by
+ * ubifs_destroy_tnc_subtree().
+ */
+ goto out;
err = add_idx_dirt(c, zbr->lnum, zbr->len);
} else
err = 0;

+out:
zbr->znode = zn;
zbr->lnum = 0;
zbr->offs = 0;
--
2.31.1