Re: [Patch v7 2/6] leds: ledtrig-tty: free allocated ttyname buffer on deactivate
From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Nov 06 2023 - 07:56:57 EST
On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 01:34:11PM +0100, Florian Eckert wrote:
> The ttyname buffer for the ledtrig_tty_data struct is allocated in the
> sysfs ttyname_store() function. This buffer must be released on trigger
> deactivation. This was missing and is thus a memory leak.
>
> While we are at it, the tty handler in the ledtrig_tty_data struct should
> also be returned in case of the trigger deactivation call.
>
> Fixes: fd4a641ac88f ("leds: trigger: implement a tty trigger")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Eckert <fe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c
> index 8ae0d2d284af..3e69a7bde928 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c
> @@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ static void ledtrig_tty_deactivate(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
>
> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&trigger_data->dwork);
>
> + kfree(trigger_data->ttyname);
> + tty_kref_put(trigger_data->tty);
> + trigger_data->tty = NULL;
> +
> kfree(trigger_data);
> }
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>
This should be sent independent of your new changes please, as it is a
bugfix for all kernels.
thanks,
greg k-h