Re: [PATCH] vfio/mdev: fix possible memory leak in module init funcs

From: Ruan Jinjie
Date: Tue Nov 29 2022 - 20:17:52 EST


Ping.

On 2022/11/18 11:28, ruanjinjie wrote:
> Inject fault while probing module, if device_register() fails,
> but the refcount of kobject is not decreased to 0, the name
> allocated in dev_set_name() is leaked. Fix this by calling
> put_device(), so that name can be freed in callback function
> kobject_cleanup().
>
> unreferenced object 0xffff88807d687008 (size 8):
> comm "modprobe", pid 8280, jiffies 4294807686 (age 12.378s)
> hex dump (first 8 bytes):
> 6d 64 70 79 00 6b 6b a5 mdpy.kk.
> backtrace:
> [<ffffffff8174f19e>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4e/0x150
> [<ffffffff81731d53>] kstrdup+0x33/0x60
> [<ffffffff83aa1421>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x41/0x110
> [<ffffffff82d91abb>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0
> [<ffffffffa0260105>] 0xffffffffa0260105
> [<ffffffff81001c27>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2e0
> [<ffffffff813739cb>] do_init_module+0x1ab/0x640
> [<ffffffff81379d20>] load_module+0x5d00/0x77f0
> [<ffffffff8137bc40>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x110/0x1b0
> [<ffffffff83c944a5>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
> [<ffffffff83e0006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
>
> unreferenced object 0xffff888101ccbcf8 (size 8):
> comm "modprobe", pid 15662, jiffies 4295164481 (age 13.282s)
> hex dump (first 8 bytes):
> 6d 74 74 79 00 6b 6b a5 mtty.kk.
> backtrace:
> [<ffffffff8174f19e>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4e/0x150
> [<ffffffff81731d53>] kstrdup+0x33/0x60
> [<ffffffff83aa1421>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x41/0x110
> [<ffffffff82d91abb>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0
> [<ffffffffa0248134>] 0xffffffffa0248134
> [<ffffffff81001c27>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2e0
> [<ffffffff813739cb>] do_init_module+0x1ab/0x640
> [<ffffffff81379d20>] load_module+0x5d00/0x77f0
> [<ffffffff8137bc40>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x110/0x1b0
> [<ffffffff83c944a5>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
> [<ffffffff83e0006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
>
> unreferenced object 0xffff88810177c6c8 (size 8):
> comm "modprobe", pid 23657, jiffies 4295314656 (age 13.227s)
> hex dump (first 8 bytes):
> 6d 62 6f 63 68 73 00 a5 mbochs..
> backtrace:
> [<ffffffff8174f19e>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x4e/0x150
> [<ffffffff81731d53>] kstrdup+0x33/0x60
> [<ffffffff83aa1421>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x41/0x110
> [<ffffffff82d91abb>] dev_set_name+0xab/0xe0
> [<ffffffffa0248124>] 0xffffffffa0248124
> [<ffffffff81001c27>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2e0
> [<ffffffff813739cb>] do_init_module+0x1ab/0x640
> [<ffffffff81379d20>] load_module+0x5d00/0x77f0
> [<ffffffff8137bc40>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x110/0x1b0
> [<ffffffff83c944a5>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
> [<ffffffff83e0006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
>
> Fixes: d61fc96f47fd ("sample: vfio mdev display - host device")
> Fixes: 9d1a546c53b4 ("docs: Sample driver to demonstrate how to use Mediated device framework.")
> Fixes: a5e6e6505f38 ("sample: vfio bochs vbe display (host device for bochs-drm)")
> Signed-off-by: ruanjinjie <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c | 4 +++-
> samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c | 4 +++-
> samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c | 4 +++-
> 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
> index 117a8d799f71..1c47672be815 100644
> --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
> +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mbochs.c
> @@ -1430,8 +1430,10 @@ static int __init mbochs_dev_init(void)
> dev_set_name(&mbochs_dev, "%s", MBOCHS_NAME);
>
> ret = device_register(&mbochs_dev);
> - if (ret)
> + if (ret) {
> + put_device(&mbochs_dev);
> goto err_class;
> + }
>
> ret = mdev_register_parent(&mbochs_parent, &mbochs_dev, &mbochs_driver,
> mbochs_mdev_types,
> diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
> index 946e8cfde6fd..bfb93eaf535b 100644
> --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
> +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mdpy.c
> @@ -717,8 +717,10 @@ static int __init mdpy_dev_init(void)
> dev_set_name(&mdpy_dev, "%s", MDPY_NAME);
>
> ret = device_register(&mdpy_dev);
> - if (ret)
> + if (ret) {
> + put_device(&mdpy_dev);
> goto err_class;
> + }
>
> ret = mdev_register_parent(&mdpy_parent, &mdpy_dev, &mdpy_driver,
> mdpy_mdev_types,
> diff --git a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
> index e72085fc1376..dddb0619846c 100644
> --- a/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
> +++ b/samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c
> @@ -1330,8 +1330,10 @@ static int __init mtty_dev_init(void)
> dev_set_name(&mtty_dev.dev, "%s", MTTY_NAME);
>
> ret = device_register(&mtty_dev.dev);
> - if (ret)
> + if (ret) {
> + put_device(&mtty_dev.dev);
> goto err_class;
> + }
>
> ret = mdev_register_parent(&mtty_dev.parent, &mtty_dev.dev,
> &mtty_driver, mtty_mdev_types,