[Linux Kernel Bug] memory leak in ubi_attach

Zhihao Cheng chengzhihao1 at huawei.com
Mon Jan 22 20:55:19 PST 2024


在 2024/1/23 11:53, Chenyuan Yang 写道:
> Dear Linux Kernel Developers for UBI,
> 
> We encountered "memory leak in ubi_attach" when testing UBI with
> Syzkaller and our generated specifications.
> 
> syz repro: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17FoGw6akfufz05U-oRBP2wXmOiFF1VUq/view?usp=drive_link
> C reproducer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ayd3lmHPvqNoI01pQEdU832EktpTUnZ_/view?usp=drive_link
> report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hC2arY3FbQt-6L5rbDfY-DQ2oH82IIGq/view?usp=drive_link
> stats: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1REig9fV0H1fYPWaiicc-JVLlCpo7TTw4/view?usp=drive_link

I can't open above links in company, may you post these files in attachment?

> 
> This memory leak is triggered by `ioctl$UBI_IOCATT`, where
> `ubi_attach_info` invokes `kmem_cache_create`
> (https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.7/source/drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c#L1464).
> It seems that the memory leak occurs when the slab cache is
> successfully created. I apologize for not being able to conduct a
> deeper analysis of the root cause, as my expertise in UBI drivers is
> limited.
> 
> If you have any questions or require more information, please feel
> free to contact us.
> 
> Reported-by: Chenyuan Yang <chenyuan0y at gmail.com>
> 
> Best,
> Chenyuan
> 
> 
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