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SubjectRe: [PATCH] jffs2:freely allocate memory when parameters are invalid
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 08:21:53PM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote:
>
>
> On 2019/9/20 19:43, Al Viro wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 02:54:38PM +0800, Xiaoming Ni wrote:
> >> Use kzalloc() to allocate memory in jffs2_fill_super().
> >> Freeing memory when jffs2_parse_options() fails will cause
> >> use-after-free and double-free in jffs2_kill_sb()
> >
> > ... so we are not freeing it there. What's the problem?
>
> No code logic issues, no memory leaks
>
> But there is too much code logic between memory allocation and free,
> which is difficult to understand.

Er? An instance of jffs2 superblock might have a related object
attached to it; it is created in jffs2 superblock constructor and
freed in destructor.

> The modified code is easier to understand.

You are making the cleanup logics harder to follow.

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