Re: [PATCH] EDAC/mc: fix potential memoryleak in edac_mc_alloc()

[Miaohe Lin]

On 2023/6/3 22:41, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> When fails to allocate memory for layers or pvt_info, _edac_mc_free()
> will be called to release the resource of edac mc but mci->dev is not
> even initialized at that time. _edac_mc_free() will fail to release
> the allocated memory.

friendly ping.. :)

> 
> Fixes: 0bbb265f7089 ("EDAC/mc: Get rid of silly one-shot struct allocation in edac_mc_alloc()")
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/edac_mc.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
> index 6faeb2ab3960..89dc5954d19e 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
> @@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ struct mem_ctl_info *edac_mc_alloc(unsigned int mc_num,
>  	mci = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mem_ctl_info), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!mci)
>  		return NULL;
> +	mci->dev.release = mci_release;
> +	device_initialize(&mci->dev);
>  
>  	mci->layers = kcalloc(n_layers, sizeof(struct edac_mc_layer), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!mci->layers)
> @@ -373,9 +375,6 @@ struct mem_ctl_info *edac_mc_alloc(unsigned int mc_num,
>  	if (!mci->pvt_info)
>  		goto error;
>  
> -	mci->dev.release = mci_release;
> -	device_initialize(&mci->dev);
> -
>  	/* setup index and various internal pointers */
>  	mci->mc_idx = mc_num;
>  	mci->tot_dimms = tot_dimms;
>