[PATCH] kexec: fix memory leak in function kimage_normal_alloc

[Yanfei Zhang]

2013/2/23 Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>:
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:36:13 +0800
> Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
>> If kimage_normal_alloc() fails to alloc pages for image->swap_page, it
>> should call kimage_free_page_list() to free allocated pages in
>> image->control_pages list before it frees image.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> --- a/kernel/kexec.c
>> +++ b/kernel/kexec.c
>> @@ -223,6 +223,8 @@ out:
>>
>>  }
>>
>> +static void kimage_free_page_list(struct list_head *list);
>> +
>>  static int kimage_normal_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry,
>>                               unsigned long nr_segments,
>>                               struct kexec_segment __user *segments)
>> @@ -248,22 +250,22 @@ static int kimage_normal_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry,
>>                                          get_order(KEXEC_CONTROL_PAGE_SIZE));
>>       if (!image->control_code_page) {
>>               printk(KERN_ERR "Could not allocate control_code_buffer\n");
>> -             goto out;
>> +             goto out_free;
>>       }
>>
>>       image->swap_page = kimage_alloc_control_pages(image, 0);
>>       if (!image->swap_page) {
>>               printk(KERN_ERR "Could not allocate swap buffer\n");
>> -             goto out;
>> +             goto out_free;
>>       }
>>
>> -     result = 0;
>> - out:
>> -     if (result == 0)
>> -             *rimage = image;
>> -     else
>> -             kfree(image);
>> +     *rimage = image;
>> +     return 0;
>>
>> +out_free:
>> +     kimage_free_page_list(&image->control_pages);
>> +     kfree(image);
>> +out:
>>       return result;
>>  }
>
> kimage_alloc_normal_control_pages() won't add any pages to the image if
> one of its allocation attemtps failed.  So afaict the first `goto
> out_free' could be just `goto out'.

Nop, the first 'goto out_free' is to free allocated 'image' if the allocation of
image->control_code_page failed. If changed to 'goto out', 'image' cannot
be freed and leads to memory leak.

>
> The second `goto out_free' does appear to be needed: it frees the pages
> allocated by the first call to kimage_alloc_control_pages().  I think.
> The kimage_alloc_control_pages() handling of image->type is a bit
> twisty.

Yeah, it could just call kimage_alloc_normal_control_pages directly.

>
> Please double-check the logic?
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