On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 03:49:51PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote: > On 07/11/22 at 03:34pm, Jianglei Nie wrote: > > elfcorehdr_alloc() allocates a memory chunk for elfcorehdr_addr with > > kzalloc(). If is_vmcore_usable() returns false, elfcorehdr_addr is a > > predefined value. If parse_crash_elf_headers() occurs some error and > > returns a negetive value, the elfcorehdr_addr should be released with > > elfcorehdr_free(). > > > > We can fix by calling elfcorehdr_free() when parse_crash_elf_headers() > > fails. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@xxxxxxx> > > --- > > fs/proc/vmcore.c | 5 ++++- > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c > > index 4eaeb645e759..125efe63f281 100644 > > --- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c > > +++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c > > @@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ static int __init vmcore_init(void) > > rc = parse_crash_elf_headers(); > > if (rc) { > > pr_warn("Kdump: vmcore not initialized\n"); > > - return rc; > > + goto fail; > > Sigh. Why don't you copy my suggested code directly? I think at this point, you should just submit your own patch and credit this person with Reported-by: