[PATCH v2 wireless-drivers 0/2] libertas: Fix some memory leak bugs

This patchset fixes some memory leak bugs by adding the missing kfree().

v1->v2:
	1. Fix the wrong subject.
	2. Splitting the big patch into two separate patches.

Wang Hai (2):
  libertas_tf: Fix possible memory leak in probe and disconnect
  libertas: Fix possible memory leak in probe and disconnect

 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_usb.c    | 2 ++
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas_tf/if_usb.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

-- 
2.25.1

I got memory leak as follows when doing fault injection test:

unreferenced object 0xffff88812c7d7400 (size 512):
  comm "kworker/6:1", pid 176, jiffies 4295003332 (age 822.830s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 68 1e 04 81 88 ff ff 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .h..............
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff8167939c>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x490
    [<ffffffff8167f627>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1f7/0x470
    [<ffffffffa02c9873>] if_usb_probe+0x63/0x446 [usb8xxx]
    [<ffffffffa022668a>] usb_probe_interface+0x1aa/0x3c0 [usbcore]
    [<ffffffff82b59630>] really_probe+0x190/0x480
    [<ffffffff82b59a19>] __driver_probe_device+0xf9/0x180
    [<ffffffff82b59af3>] driver_probe_device+0x53/0x130
    [<ffffffff82b5a075>] __device_attach_driver+0x105/0x130
    [<ffffffff82b55949>] bus_for_each_drv+0x129/0x190
    [<ffffffff82b593c9>] __device_attach+0x1c9/0x270
    [<ffffffff82b5a250>] device_initial_probe+0x20/0x30
    [<ffffffff82b579c2>] bus_probe_device+0x142/0x160
    [<ffffffff82b52e49>] device_add+0x829/0x1300
    [<ffffffffa02229b1>] usb_set_configuration+0xb01/0xcc0 [usbcore]
    [<ffffffffa0235c4e>] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x6e/0x90 [usbcore]
    [<ffffffffa022641f>] usb_probe_device+0x6f/0x130 [usbcore]

cardp is missing being freed in the error handling path of the probe
and the path of the disconnect, which will cause memory leak.

This patch adds the missing kfree().

Fixes: 876c9d3aeb98 ("[PATCH] Marvell Libertas 8388 802.11b/g USB driver")
Reported-by: Hulk Robot <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_usb.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_usb.c
index 20436a289d5c..5d6dc1dd050d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_usb.c

@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ static int if_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	if_usb_reset_device(cardp);
 dealloc:
 	if_usb_free(cardp);
+	kfree(cardp);
 
 error:
 	return r;

@@ -316,6 +317,7 @@ static void if_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 
 	/* Unlink and free urb */
 	if_usb_free(cardp);
+	kfree(cardp);
 
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
 	usb_put_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf));

-- 
2.25.1

I got memory leak as follows when doing fault injection test:

unreferenced object 0xffff88810a2ddc00 (size 512):
  comm "kworker/6:1", pid 176, jiffies 4295009893 (age 757.220s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 50 05 18 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .P..............
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff8167939c>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x490
    [<ffffffff8167f627>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1f7/0x470
    [<ffffffffa02a1530>] if_usb_probe+0x60/0x37c [libertas_tf_usb]
    [<ffffffffa022668a>] usb_probe_interface+0x1aa/0x3c0 [usbcore]
    [<ffffffff82b59630>] really_probe+0x190/0x480
    [<ffffffff82b59a19>] __driver_probe_device+0xf9/0x180
    [<ffffffff82b59af3>] driver_probe_device+0x53/0x130
    [<ffffffff82b5a075>] __device_attach_driver+0x105/0x130
    [<ffffffff82b55949>] bus_for_each_drv+0x129/0x190
    [<ffffffff82b593c9>] __device_attach+0x1c9/0x270
    [<ffffffff82b5a250>] device_initial_probe+0x20/0x30
    [<ffffffff82b579c2>] bus_probe_device+0x142/0x160
    [<ffffffff82b52e49>] device_add+0x829/0x1300
    [<ffffffffa02229b1>] usb_set_configuration+0xb01/0xcc0 [usbcore]
    [<ffffffffa0235c4e>] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x6e/0x90 [usbcore]
    [<ffffffffa022641f>] usb_probe_device+0x6f/0x130 [usbcore]

cardp is missing being freed in the error handling path of the probe
and the path of the disconnect, which will cause memory leak.

This patch adds the missing kfree().

Fixes: c305a19a0d0a ("libertas_tf: usb specific functions")
Reported-by: Hulk Robot <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas_tf/if_usb.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas_tf/if_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas_tf/if_usb.c
index fe0a69e804d8..75b5319d033f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas_tf/if_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas_tf/if_usb.c

@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static int if_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 
 dealloc:
 	if_usb_free(cardp);
+	kfree(cardp);
 error:
 lbtf_deb_leave(LBTF_DEB_MAIN);
 	return -ENOMEM;

@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ static void if_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
 
 	/* Unlink and free urb */
 	if_usb_free(cardp);
+	kfree(cardp);
 
 	usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
 	usb_put_dev(interface_to_usbdev(intf));

-- 
2.25.1

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 5:04 AM Wang Hai [off-list ref] wrote:

This patchset fixes some memory leak bugs by adding the missing kfree().

You could probably just as well switch the kzalloc()'s to be
devm_kzalloc()'s, but either way works I guess.

Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>

Wang Hai [off-list ref] wrote:

I got memory leak as follows when doing fault injection test:

unreferenced object 0xffff88810a2ddc00 (size 512):
  comm "kworker/6:1", pid 176, jiffies 4295009893 (age 757.220s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 50 05 18 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  .P..............
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff8167939c>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x490
    [<ffffffff8167f627>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1f7/0x470
    [<ffffffffa02a1530>] if_usb_probe+0x60/0x37c [libertas_tf_usb]
    [<ffffffffa022668a>] usb_probe_interface+0x1aa/0x3c0 [usbcore]
    [<ffffffff82b59630>] really_probe+0x190/0x480
    [<ffffffff82b59a19>] __driver_probe_device+0xf9/0x180
    [<ffffffff82b59af3>] driver_probe_device+0x53/0x130
    [<ffffffff82b5a075>] __device_attach_driver+0x105/0x130
    [<ffffffff82b55949>] bus_for_each_drv+0x129/0x190
    [<ffffffff82b593c9>] __device_attach+0x1c9/0x270
    [<ffffffff82b5a250>] device_initial_probe+0x20/0x30
    [<ffffffff82b579c2>] bus_probe_device+0x142/0x160
    [<ffffffff82b52e49>] device_add+0x829/0x1300
    [<ffffffffa02229b1>] usb_set_configuration+0xb01/0xcc0 [usbcore]
    [<ffffffffa0235c4e>] usb_generic_driver_probe+0x6e/0x90 [usbcore]
    [<ffffffffa022641f>] usb_probe_device+0x6f/0x130 [usbcore]

cardp is missing being freed in the error handling path of the probe
and the path of the disconnect, which will cause memory leak.

This patch adds the missing kfree().

Fixes: c305a19a0d0a ("libertas_tf: usb specific functions")
Reported-by: Hulk Robot <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <redacted>

2 patches applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

d549107305b4 libertas_tf: Fix possible memory leak in probe and disconnect
9692151e2fe7 libertas: Fix possible memory leak in probe and disconnect

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20211020120345.2016045-2-wanghai38@huawei.com/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches