Re: [PATCH v1] platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn: Fix resources leaking on error path

From: Pali Rohár
Date: Mon Jun 12 2023 - 13:52:14 EST


On Monday 12 June 2023 12:02:50 Michal Wilczynski wrote:
> Currently rbtn_add() in case of failure is leaking resources. Fix this
> by adding a proper rollback. While at it, remove unnecessary assignment
> of NULL to device->driver_data and unnecessary whitespace, plus add a
> break for the default case in a switch.
>
> Suggested-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 817a5cdb40c8 ("dell-rbtn: Dell Airplane Mode Switch driver")
> Signed-off-by: Michal Wilczynski <michal.wilczynski@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.c
> index aa0e6c907494..e9b3f9c3ab7d 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.c
> @@ -420,10 +420,12 @@ static int rbtn_add(struct acpi_device *device)
> break;
> default:
> ret = -EINVAL;
> + break;
> }
> + if (ret)
> + rbtn_acquire(device, false);
>
> return ret;
> -
> }

Hello! I'm looking at rbtn_add() function and there is also code:

rbtn_data = devm_kzalloc(&device->dev, sizeof(*rbtn_data), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!rbtn_data)
return -ENOMEM;

which is called after rbtn_acquire(). So it looks like when kzalloc
fails then there is another leak...

>
> static void rbtn_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
> @@ -442,7 +444,6 @@ static void rbtn_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
> }
>
> rbtn_acquire(device, false);
> - device->driver_data = NULL;
> }
>
> static void rbtn_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event)
> --
> 2.40.1
>