2019-05-31 01:17:25

by Gen Zhang

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Subject: [PATCH] clk: fix a missing-free bug in clk_cpy_name()

In clk_cpy_name(), '*dst_p'('parent->name'and 'parent->fw_name') and
'dst' are allcoted by kstrdup_const(). According to doc: "Strings
allocated by kstrdup_const should be freed by kfree_const". So
'parent->name', 'parent->fw_name' and 'dst' should be freed.

Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <[email protected]>
---
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index aa51756..85c4d3f 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -3435,6 +3435,7 @@ static int clk_cpy_name(const char **dst_p, const char *src, bool must_exist)
if (!dst)
return -ENOMEM;

+ kfree_const(dst);
return 0;
}

@@ -3491,6 +3492,8 @@ static int clk_core_populate_parent_map(struct clk_core *core)
kfree_const(parents[i].name);
kfree_const(parents[i].fw_name);
} while (--i >= 0);
+ kfree_const(parent->name);
+ kfree_const(parent->fw_name);
kfree(parents);

return ret;
---


2019-06-05 06:40:31

by Jiri Slaby

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: fix a missing-free bug in clk_cpy_name()

On 31. 05. 19, 3:14, Gen Zhang wrote:
> In clk_cpy_name(), '*dst_p'('parent->name'and 'parent->fw_name') and
> 'dst' are allcoted by kstrdup_const(). According to doc: "Strings
> allocated by kstrdup_const should be freed by kfree_const". So
> 'parent->name', 'parent->fw_name' and 'dst' should be freed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <[email protected]>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> index aa51756..85c4d3f 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> @@ -3435,6 +3435,7 @@ static int clk_cpy_name(const char **dst_p, const char *src, bool must_exist)
> if (!dst)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> + kfree_const(dst);

So you are now returning a freed pointer in dst_p?

> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -3491,6 +3492,8 @@ static int clk_core_populate_parent_map(struct clk_core *core)
> kfree_const(parents[i].name);
> kfree_const(parents[i].fw_name);
> } while (--i >= 0);
> + kfree_const(parent->name);
> + kfree_const(parent->fw_name);

Both of them were just freed in the loop above, no?

thanks,
--
js
suse labs

2019-06-05 16:05:06

by Gen Zhang

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: fix a missing-free bug in clk_cpy_name()

On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 08:38:00AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 31. 05. 19, 3:14, Gen Zhang wrote:
> > In clk_cpy_name(), '*dst_p'('parent->name'and 'parent->fw_name') and
> > 'dst' are allcoted by kstrdup_const(). According to doc: "Strings
> > allocated by kstrdup_const should be freed by kfree_const". So
> > 'parent->name', 'parent->fw_name' and 'dst' should be freed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > index aa51756..85c4d3f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > @@ -3435,6 +3435,7 @@ static int clk_cpy_name(const char **dst_p, const char *src, bool must_exist)
> > if (!dst)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > + kfree_const(dst);
>
> So you are now returning a freed pointer in dst_p?
Thanks for your reply. I re-examined the code, and this kfree is
incorrect and it should be deleted.
>
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -3491,6 +3492,8 @@ static int clk_core_populate_parent_map(struct clk_core *core)
> > kfree_const(parents[i].name);
> > kfree_const(parents[i].fw_name);
> > } while (--i >= 0);
> > + kfree_const(parent->name);
> > + kfree_const(parent->fw_name);
>
> Both of them were just freed in the loop above, no?
for (i = 0, parent = parents; i < num_parents; i++, parent++)
Is 'parent' the same as the one from the loop above?

Moreover, should 'parents[i].name' and 'parents[i].fw_name' be freed by
kfree_const()?

Thanks
Gen
>
> thanks,
> --
> js
> suse labs

2019-06-06 22:19:32

by Stephen Boyd

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: fix a missing-free bug in clk_cpy_name()

Quoting Gen Zhang (2019-06-05 09:00:43)
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 08:38:00AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > On 31. 05. 19, 3:14, Gen Zhang wrote:
> > > In clk_cpy_name(), '*dst_p'('parent->name'and 'parent->fw_name') and
> > > 'dst' are allcoted by kstrdup_const(). According to doc: "Strings
> > > allocated by kstrdup_const should be freed by kfree_const". So
> > > 'parent->name', 'parent->fw_name' and 'dst' should be freed.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > > index aa51756..85c4d3f 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > > @@ -3435,6 +3435,7 @@ static int clk_cpy_name(const char **dst_p, const char *src, bool must_exist)
> > > if (!dst)
> > > return -ENOMEM;
> > >
> > > + kfree_const(dst);
> >
> > So you are now returning a freed pointer in dst_p?
> Thanks for your reply. I re-examined the code, and this kfree is
> incorrect and it should be deleted.
> >
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > @@ -3491,6 +3492,8 @@ static int clk_core_populate_parent_map(struct clk_core *core)
> > > kfree_const(parents[i].name);
> > > kfree_const(parents[i].fw_name);
> > > } while (--i >= 0);
> > > + kfree_const(parent->name);
> > > + kfree_const(parent->fw_name);
> >
> > Both of them were just freed in the loop above, no?
> for (i = 0, parent = parents; i < num_parents; i++, parent++)
> Is 'parent' the same as the one from the loop above?

Yes. Did it change somehow?

>
> Moreover, should 'parents[i].name' and 'parents[i].fw_name' be freed by
> kfree_const()?
>

Yes? They're allocated with kstrdup_const() in clk_cpy_name(), or
they're NULL by virtue of the kcalloc and then kfree_const() does
nothing.

I'm having a hard time following what this patch is trying to fix. It
looks unnecessary though so I'm going to drop it from the clk review
queue.

2019-06-07 02:08:29

by Gen Zhang

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: fix a missing-free bug in clk_cpy_name()

On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 01:16:45PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Quoting Gen Zhang (2019-06-05 09:00:43)
> > On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 08:38:00AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > > On 31. 05. 19, 3:14, Gen Zhang wrote:
> > > > In clk_cpy_name(), '*dst_p'('parent->name'and 'parent->fw_name') and
> > > > 'dst' are allcoted by kstrdup_const(). According to doc: "Strings
> > > > allocated by kstrdup_const should be freed by kfree_const". So
> > > > 'parent->name', 'parent->fw_name' and 'dst' should be freed.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <[email protected]>
> > > > ---
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > > > index aa51756..85c4d3f 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
> > > > @@ -3435,6 +3435,7 @@ static int clk_cpy_name(const char **dst_p, const char *src, bool must_exist)
> > > > if (!dst)
> > > > return -ENOMEM;
> > > >
> > > > + kfree_const(dst);
> > >
> > > So you are now returning a freed pointer in dst_p?
> > Thanks for your reply. I re-examined the code, and this kfree is
> > incorrect and it should be deleted.
> > >
> > > > return 0;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > @@ -3491,6 +3492,8 @@ static int clk_core_populate_parent_map(struct clk_core *core)
> > > > kfree_const(parents[i].name);
> > > > kfree_const(parents[i].fw_name);
> > > > } while (--i >= 0);
> > > > + kfree_const(parent->name);
> > > > + kfree_const(parent->fw_name);
> > >
> > > Both of them were just freed in the loop above, no?
> > for (i = 0, parent = parents; i < num_parents; i++, parent++)
> > Is 'parent' the same as the one from the loop above?
>
> Yes. Did it change somehow?
parent++?
>
> >
> > Moreover, should 'parents[i].name' and 'parents[i].fw_name' be freed by
> > kfree_const()?
> >
>
> Yes? They're allocated with kstrdup_const() in clk_cpy_name(), or
> they're NULL by virtue of the kcalloc and then kfree_const() does
> nothing.
I re-examined clk_cpy_name(). They are the second parameter of
clk_cpy_name(). The first parameter is allocated, not the second one.
So 'parent->name' and 'parent->fw_name' should be freed, not
'parents[i].name' or 'parents[i].fw_name'. Am I totally misunderstanding
this clk_cpy_name()? :-(

Thanks
Gen
>
> I'm having a hard time following what this patch is trying to fix. It
> looks unnecessary though so I'm going to drop it from the clk review
> queue.
>

2019-06-07 10:00:09

by Jiri Slaby

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: fix a missing-free bug in clk_cpy_name()

On 07. 06. 19, 3:52, Gen Zhang wrote:
>>>>> @@ -3491,6 +3492,8 @@ static int clk_core_populate_parent_map(struct clk_core *core)
>>>>> kfree_const(parents[i].name);
>>>>> kfree_const(parents[i].fw_name);
>>>>> } while (--i >= 0);
>>>>> + kfree_const(parent->name);
>>>>> + kfree_const(parent->fw_name);
>>>>
>>>> Both of them were just freed in the loop above, no?
>>> for (i = 0, parent = parents; i < num_parents; i++, parent++)
>>> Is 'parent' the same as the one from the loop above?
>>
>> Yes. Did it change somehow?
> parent++?

parent++ is done after the loop body. Or what do you mean?

>>> Moreover, should 'parents[i].name' and 'parents[i].fw_name' be freed by
>>> kfree_const()?
>>>
>>
>> Yes? They're allocated with kstrdup_const() in clk_cpy_name(), or
>> they're NULL by virtue of the kcalloc and then kfree_const() does
>> nothing.
> I re-examined clk_cpy_name(). They are the second parameter of
> clk_cpy_name(). The first parameter is allocated, not the second one.
> So 'parent->name' and 'parent->fw_name' should be freed, not
> 'parents[i].name' or 'parents[i].fw_name'. Am I totally misunderstanding
> this clk_cpy_name()? :-(

The second parameter (the source) is parent_data[i].*, not parents[i].*
(the destination). parent->fw_name and parent->name are properly freed
in the do {} while loop as parents[i].name and parents[i].fw_name, given
i hasn't changed yet. I am not sure what you mean at all. Are you
uncertain about the C code flow?

thanks,
--
js
suse labs

2019-06-07 12:10:09

by Gen Zhang

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: fix a missing-free bug in clk_cpy_name()

On Fri, Jun 07, 2019 at 11:10:37AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 07. 06. 19, 3:52, Gen Zhang wrote:
> >>>>> @@ -3491,6 +3492,8 @@ static int clk_core_populate_parent_map(struct clk_core *core)
> >>>>> kfree_const(parents[i].name);
> >>>>> kfree_const(parents[i].fw_name);
> >>>>> } while (--i >= 0);
> >>>>> + kfree_const(parent->name);
> >>>>> + kfree_const(parent->fw_name);
> >>>>
> >>>> Both of them were just freed in the loop above, no?
> >>> for (i = 0, parent = parents; i < num_parents; i++, parent++)
> >>> Is 'parent' the same as the one from the loop above?
> >>
> >> Yes. Did it change somehow?
> > parent++?
>
> parent++ is done after the loop body. Or what do you mean?
>
> >>> Moreover, should 'parents[i].name' and 'parents[i].fw_name' be freed by
> >>> kfree_const()?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yes? They're allocated with kstrdup_const() in clk_cpy_name(), or
> >> they're NULL by virtue of the kcalloc and then kfree_const() does
> >> nothing.
> > I re-examined clk_cpy_name(). They are the second parameter of
> > clk_cpy_name(). The first parameter is allocated, not the second one.
> > So 'parent->name' and 'parent->fw_name' should be freed, not
> > 'parents[i].name' or 'parents[i].fw_name'. Am I totally misunderstanding
> > this clk_cpy_name()? :-(
>
> The second parameter (the source) is parent_data[i].*, not parents[i].*
> (the destination). parent->fw_name and parent->name are properly freed
> in the do {} while loop as parents[i].name and parents[i].fw_name, given
> i hasn't changed yet. I am not sure what you mean at all. Are you
> uncertain about the C code flow?
>
> thanks,
> --
> js
> suse labs
Thanks your patient explainaton. I think I need some time to figure out
this part of code.

Thanks
Gen