[PATCH v2] um: vector: Fix memory leak in vector_config

From: Miaoqian Lin
Date: Wed Jan 04 2023 - 03:15:02 EST


kstrdup() return newly allocated copy of the string.
Call kfree() to release the memory when uml_parse_vector_ifspec() fails.

Fixes: 49da7e64f33e ("High Performance UML Vector Network Driver")
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx>
---
changes in v2:
- only call kfree() when uml_parse_vector_ifspec() fails.
---
arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
index ded7c47d2fbe..131b7cb29576 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vector_kern.c
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ static int vector_config(char *str, char **error_out)

if (parsed == NULL) {
*error_out = "vector_config failed to parse parameters";
+ kfree(params);
return -EINVAL;
}

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2.25.1