2023-12-24 17:44:36

by Christophe JAILLET

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Subject: [PATCH] block: Fix a memory leak in bdev_open_by_dev()

If we early exit here, 'handle' needs to be freed, or some memory leaks.

Fixes: ed5cc702d311 ("block: Add config option to not allow writing to mounted devices")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <[email protected]>
---
The code could also be re-arranged to delay the memory allocation.
This would be cleaner IMHO.
---
block/bdev.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 6f73b02d549c..e9f1b12bd75c 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -830,8 +830,10 @@ struct bdev_handle *bdev_open_by_dev(dev_t dev, blk_mode_t mode, void *holder,
goto free_handle;

/* Blocking writes requires exclusive opener */
- if (mode & BLK_OPEN_RESTRICT_WRITES && !holder)
- return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ if (mode & BLK_OPEN_RESTRICT_WRITES && !holder) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto free_handle;
+ }

bdev = blkdev_get_no_open(dev);
if (!bdev) {
--
2.34.1



2023-12-26 08:40:48

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Fix a memory leak in bdev_open_by_dev()

Looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>

2023-12-26 16:28:13

by Jens Axboe

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Fix a memory leak in bdev_open_by_dev()

On 12/24/23 10:36 AM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> If we early exit here, 'handle' needs to be freed, or some memory leaks.

Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>

--
Jens Axboe



2023-12-28 10:49:36

by Christian Brauner

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Fix a memory leak in bdev_open_by_dev()

On Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:36:42 +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> If we early exit here, 'handle' needs to be freed, or some memory leaks.
>
>

Applied to the vfs.super branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.super branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.super

[1/1] block: Fix a memory leak in bdev_open_by_dev()
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/8ff363ade395