Re: [PATCH 1/2] nfit: fix _FIT evaluation memory leak

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Hi Dan,

On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 08:28:57PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> acpi_evaluate_object() allocates memory. Free the buffer allocated
> during acpi_nfit_add().
> 
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Haozhong Zhang <haozhong.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/nfit.c |    7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
> index 0497175ee6cb..008dbaaa2b75 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
> @@ -2414,12 +2414,15 @@ static int acpi_nfit_add(struct acpi_device *adev)
>  			acpi_desc->nfit =
>  				(struct acpi_nfit_header *)obj->buffer.pointer;
>  			sz = obj->buffer.length;
> +			rc = acpi_nfit_init(acpi_desc, sz);
>  		} else
>  			dev_dbg(dev, "%s invalid type %d, ignoring _FIT\n",
>  				 __func__, (int) obj->type);
> -	}
> +		kfree(buf.pointer);
> +		acpi_desc->nfit = NULL;

Looks "acpi_desc->nfit = NULL" statement will be removed in [PATCH 2/2]
immediately. Why add it in PATCH 1?

> +	} else
> +		rc = acpi_nfit_init(acpi_desc, sz);
>  
> -	rc = acpi_nfit_init(acpi_desc, sz);
>  	if (rc) {
>  		nvdimm_bus_unregister(acpi_desc->nvdimm_bus);
>  		return rc;
>

Other parts are no problem to me.


Thanks a lot! 
Joey Lee
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