Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix error handling in hp_add_other_attributes()

From: Hans de Goede
Date: Tue Nov 14 2023 - 07:44:09 EST


Hi Ilpo,

On 11/14/23 11:31, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Nov 2023, Harshit Mogalapalli wrote:
>
>> 'attr_name_kobj' is allocated using kzalloc, but on all the error paths
>> it is not freed, hence we have a memory leak.
>>
>> Fix the error path before kobject_init_and_add() by adding kfree().
>>
>> kobject_put() must be always called after passing the object to
>> kobject_init_and_add(). Only the error path which is immediately next
>> to kobject_init_and_add() calls kobject_put() and not any other error
>> path after it.
>>
>> Fix the error handling after kobject_init_and_add() by moving the
>> kobject_put() into the goto label err_other_attr_init that is already
>> used by all the error paths after kobject_init_and_add().
>>
>> Fixes: a34fc329b189 ("platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: bioscfg")
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202309201412.on0VXJGo-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/
>> Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> This is based on static analysis, only compile tested.
>>
>> v3->v4: Add more explicit statement on how we are fixing it, suggested
>> by Ilpo
>
> Thanks a lot, this looks fine too now.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you for reviewing this series. I believe that it is best
to submit this as fixes for the current cycle.

Under the assumption that you agree with this I've delegated
these 4 patches to you (Ilpo) in patchwork.

Regards,

Hans