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SubjectRe: RE: [PATCH] pinctrl:sunplus: Add check for kmalloc
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Le 25/05/2023 à 05:22, Wells Lu 呂芳騰 a écrit :
>> Le 23/05/2023 à 21:37, andy.shevchenko@gmail.com a écrit :
>>> Tue, May 23, 2023 at 05:39:51PM +0000, Wells Lu 呂芳騰 kirjoitti:
>>>>>> Fix Smatch static checker warning:
>>>>>> potential null dereference 'configs'. (kmalloc returns null)
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>>> configs = kmalloc(sizeof(*configs), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>>>> + if (!configs)
>>>>>
>>>>>> + return -ENOMEM;
>>>>>
>>>>> "Fixing" by adding a memory leak is not probably a good approach.
>>>>
>>>> Do you mean I need to free all memory which are allocated in this
>>>> subroutine before return -ENOMEM?
>>>
>>> This is my understanding of the code. But as I said... (see below)
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>>> configs = kmalloc(sizeof(*configs), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>>>> + if (!configs)
>>>>>> + return -ENOMEM;
>>>>>
>>>>> Ditto.
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>> It might be that I'm mistaken. In this case please add an
>>>>> explanation why in the commit message.
>>>
>>> ^^^
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm, not so sure.
>>
>> Should be looked at more carefully, but
>> dt_to_map_one_config (in /drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c)
>> .dt_node_to_map
>> --> sppctl_dt_node_to_map
>>
>> Should dt_to_map_one_config() fail, pinctrl_dt_free_maps() is called (see
>> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.4-rc1/source/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c#L281)
>>
>> pinctrl_dt_free_maps() calls dt_free_map(), which calls .dt_free_map, so
>> pinctrl_utils_free_map()
>> (see
>> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.4-rc1/source/drivers/pinctrl/sunplus/sppctl.c#L97
>> 8)
>>
>> Finally the needed kfree seem to be called from here.
>> (see
>> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.4-rc1/source/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-utils.c#L119
>> )
>>
>>
>> *This should obviously be double checked*, but looks safe to me.
>>
>>
>> BUT, in the same function, the of_get_parent() should be undone in case
>> of error, as done at the end of the function, in the normal path.
>> This one seems to be missing, should a memory allocation error occur.
>>
>>
>> Just my 2c,
>>
>> CJ
>
> Thank you for your comments.
>
> From the report of kmemleak, returning -ENOMEM directly causes memory leak. We
> need to free any memory allocated in this subroutine before returning -ENOMEM.
>
> I'll send a new patch that will free the allocated memory and call of_node_put()
> when an error happens.

Hi,
(adding Dan in copy because the initial report is related to smatch)

I don't use kmemleak, but could you share some input about its report?


I've not rechecked my analysis, but it looked promising.
Maybe Dan could also give a look at it and confirm your finding, or dig
further with smatch to make sure that its static analysis was complete
enough.

CJ


>
>
> Best regards,
> Wells Lu

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