Re: [PATCH v2] btrfs: ref-verify: fix memory leaks

From: David Sterba
Date: Tue Nov 21 2023 - 08:10:29 EST


On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 02:40:12PM +0530, Bragatheswaran Manickavel wrote:
> In btrfs_ref_tree_mod(), when !parent 're' was allocated
> through kmalloc(). In the following code, if an error occurs,
> the execution will be redirected to 'out' or 'out_unlock' and
> the function will be exited. However, on some of the paths,
> 're' are not deallocated and may lead to memory leaks.
>
> For example : lookup_block_entry() for 'be' returns null, the
> out label will be invoked. During that flow ref and ra was
> freed but not re, which can potentially lead to memleak
>
> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+d66de4cbf532749df35f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d66de4cbf532749df35f
> Signed-off-by: Bragatheswaran Manickavel <bragathemanick0908@xxxxxxxxx>

Added to misc-next, thanks.