[PATCH] net: gianfar: Add of_node_put() before goto statement

Subsystems: freescale etsec ethernet driver (gianfar), networking drivers, the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2020-08-18 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] net: gianfar: Add of_node_put() before goto statement

From: Sumera Priyadarsini <hidden>
Date: 2020-08-18 18:53:01

Every iteration of for_each_available_child_of_node() decrements
reference count of the previous node, however when control
is transferred from the middle of the loop, as in the case of
a return or break or goto, there is no decrement thus ultimately
resulting in a memory leak.

Fix a potential memory leak in gianfar.c by inserting of_node_put()
before the goto statement.

Issue found with Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index b513b8c5c3b5..41dd3d0f3452 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -750,8 +750,10 @@ static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
 				continue;
 
 			err = gfar_parse_group(child, priv, model);
-			if (err)
+			if (err) {
+				of_node_put(child);
 				goto err_grp_init;
+			}
 		}
 	} else { /* SQ_SG_MODE */
 		err = gfar_parse_group(np, priv, model);
-- 
2.17.1

Re: [PATCH] net: gianfar: Add of_node_put() before goto statement

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2020-08-18 20:13:49

From: Sumera Priyadarsini <redacted>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:22:41 +0530
Every iteration of for_each_available_child_of_node() decrements
reference count of the previous node, however when control
is transferred from the middle of the loop, as in the case of
a return or break or goto, there is no decrement thus ultimately
resulting in a memory leak.

Fix a potential memory leak in gianfar.c by inserting of_node_put()
before the goto statement.

Issue found with Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <redacted>
These OF iterators are so error prone...

Applied, thanks.
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