[PATCH v12 3/4] arm64: Free DTB buffer if fdt_open_into() fails

[Lakshmi Ramasubramanian]

On 12/17/20 9:37 AM, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> create_dtb() function allocates memory for the device tree blob (DTB)
> and calls fdt_open_into(). If this call fails the memory allocated
> for the DTB is not freed before returning from create_dtb() thereby
> leaking memory.

Typo in the email address of James Morse (ARM.com). Sorry about that.
Adding the correct email address.

  -lakshmi

> 
> Call vfree() to free the memory allocated for the DTB if fdt_open_into()
> fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas at linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
> index 7de9c47dee7c..3e045cd62451 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/machine_kexec_file.c
> @@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ static int create_dtb(struct kimage *image,
>   
>   		/* duplicate a device tree blob */
>   		ret = fdt_open_into(initial_boot_params, buf, buf_size);
> -		if (ret)
> +		if (ret) {
> +			vfree(buf);
>   			return -EINVAL;
> +		}
>   
>   		ret = of_kexec_setup_new_fdt(image, buf, initrd_load_addr,
>   					     initrd_len, cmdline);
>