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[net-next] mac80211_hwsim: fix possible memory leak in hwsim_new_radio_nl()

Message ID 1516242214-51095-1-git-send-email-weiyongjun1@huawei.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Johannes Berg
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Commit Message

Wei Yongjun Jan. 18, 2018, 2:23 a.m. UTC
'hwname' is malloced in hwsim_new_radio_nl() and should be freed
before leaving from the error handling cases, otherwise it will cause
memory leak.

Fixes: ff4dd73dd2b4 ("mac80211_hwsim: check HWSIM_ATTR_RADIO_NAME length")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Ben Hutchings Jan. 19, 2018, 12:38 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, 2018-01-18 at 02:23 +0000, Wei Yongjun wrote:
> 'hwname' is malloced in hwsim_new_radio_nl() and should be freed
> before leaving from the error handling cases, otherwise it will cause
> memory leak.
> 
> Fixes: ff4dd73dd2b4 ("mac80211_hwsim: check HWSIM_ATTR_RADIO_NAME length")
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>

Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk>

Not sure how I missed this case.

Ben.

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
> index e542555..34052c1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
> @@ -3155,8 +3155,10 @@ static int hwsim_new_radio_nl(struct sk_buff *msg, struct genl_info *info)
>  	if (info->attrs[HWSIM_ATTR_REG_CUSTOM_REG]) {
>  		u32 idx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[HWSIM_ATTR_REG_CUSTOM_REG]);
>  
> -		if (idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(hwsim_world_regdom_custom))
> +		if (idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(hwsim_world_regdom_custom)) {
> +			kfree(hwname);
>  			return -EINVAL;
> +		}
>  		param.regd = hwsim_world_regdom_custom[idx];
>  	}
> 
>
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index e542555..34052c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -3155,8 +3155,10 @@  static int hwsim_new_radio_nl(struct sk_buff *msg, struct genl_info *info)
 	if (info->attrs[HWSIM_ATTR_REG_CUSTOM_REG]) {
 		u32 idx = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[HWSIM_ATTR_REG_CUSTOM_REG]);
 
-		if (idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(hwsim_world_regdom_custom))
+		if (idx >= ARRAY_SIZE(hwsim_world_regdom_custom)) {
+			kfree(hwname);
 			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 		param.regd = hwsim_world_regdom_custom[idx];
 	}