Re: Re: [PATCH] HID: elan: Fix memleak in elan_input_configured

On Mon, 24 Aug 2020, Dinghao Liu wrote:

quoted

When input_mt_init_slots() fails, input should be
freed to prevent memleak.

Fixes: 9a6a4193d65b8 ("HID: Add driver for USB ELAN Touchpad")
Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <redacted>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-elan.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c b/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c
index 45c4f888b7c4..858442004258 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-elan.c

@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ static int elan_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_input *hi)
 	ret = input_mt_init_slots(input, ELAN_MAX_FINGERS, INPUT_MT_POINTER);
 	if (ret) {
 		hid_err(hdev, "Failed to init elan MT slots: %d\n", ret);
+		input_free_device(input);
 		return ret;

Good catch, but apparently it's not the only memleak there -- 
input_mt_init_slots() allocates the input_mt slots and friends, so we need 
input_mt_destroy_slots() there as well.

Could you please add this to your patch too, while you are at fixing this 
error codepath anyway, and resubmit?

Thank you for your advice! I will fix this and resend the patch soon.

Regards,
Dinghao