Re: [PATCH] vfio/platform: Remove unnecessary free in vfio_set_trigger

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Fri Jan 12 2024 - 10:35:28 EST


On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:41:07 +0800
Kunwu Chan <chentao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> commit 57f972e2b341 ("vfio/platform: trigger an interrupt via eventfd")
> add 'name' as member for vfio_platform_irq,it's initialed by kasprintf,
> so there is no need to free it before initializing.

What?! Just look at the call path where vfio_set_trigger() is called
with a valid fd and existing trigger. This change would leak irq->name
as it's reallocated via kasprintf(). Thanks,

Alex

> Fixes: 57f972e2b341 ("vfio/platform: trigger an interrupt via eventfd")
> Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <chentao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_irq.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_irq.c b/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_irq.c
> index 61a1bfb68ac7..5e3fd1926366 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_irq.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform_irq.c
> @@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ static int vfio_set_trigger(struct vfio_platform_device *vdev, int index,
> if (irq->trigger) {
> irq_clear_status_flags(irq->hwirq, IRQ_NOAUTOEN);
> free_irq(irq->hwirq, irq);
> - kfree(irq->name);
> eventfd_ctx_put(irq->trigger);
> irq->trigger = NULL;
> }