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[PATCH] IB/core: fix null pointer dereference and memory leak in error handling

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From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

The current error handling in setup_hw_stats has a couple of issues.
It is possible to generate a null pointer deference on the
kfree of hsag->attrs[i] because two of the early error exit paths
jump to the kfree when hsags NULL and not allocated. Fix this by
moving the kfree on stats and jumping to that, avoiding the hsag
freeing.

Secondly, there is a memory leak of stats if the hsag allocation
fails; instead of returning, jump to the kfree on stats.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
index 5e573bb..ed04a7b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/sysfs.c
@@ -899,14 +899,14 @@ static void setup_hw_stats(struct ib_device *device, struct ib_port *port,
 		return;
 
 	if (!stats->names || stats->num_counters <= 0)
-		goto err;
+		goto err_free_stats;
 
 	hsag = kzalloc(sizeof(*hsag) +
 		       // 1 extra for the lifespan config entry
 		       sizeof(void *) * (stats->num_counters + 1),
 		       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hsag)
-		return;
+		goto err_free_stats;
 
 	ret = device->get_hw_stats(device, stats, port_num,
 				   stats->num_counters);
@@ -946,10 +946,11 @@ static void setup_hw_stats(struct ib_device *device, struct ib_port *port,
 	return;
 
 err:
-	kfree(stats);
 	for (; i >= 0; i--)
 		kfree(hsag->attrs[i]);
 	kfree(hsag);
+err_free_stats:
+	kfree(stats);
 	return;
 }
 
-- 
2.8.1

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[PATCH] IB/core: fix null pointer dereference and memory leak in error handling Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> - 2016-06-01 20:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] IB/core: fix null pointer dereference and memory leak in  error handling Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> - 2016-06-07 01:30 +0200

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