> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Finger <larry.finger@xxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Larry Finger > Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 9:14 AM > To: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Larry Finger > <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: Fix memory leak in rtw88_usb > > Kmemleak shows the following leak arising from routine in the usb > probe routine: > > unreferenced object 0xffff895cb29bba00 (size 512): > comm "(udev-worker)", pid 534, jiffies 4294903932 (age 102751.088s) > hex dump (first 32 bytes): > 77 30 30 30 00 00 00 00 02 2f 2d 2b 30 00 00 00 w000...../-+0... > 02 00 2a 28 00 00 00 00 ff 55 ff ff ff 00 00 00 ..*(.....U...... > backtrace: > [<ffffffff9265fa36>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x90 > [<ffffffffc17eec41>] rtw_usb_probe+0x2f1/0x680 [rtw_usb] > [<ffffffffc03e19fd>] usb_probe_interface+0xdd/0x2e0 [usbcore] > [<ffffffff92b4f2fe>] really_probe+0x18e/0x3d0 > [<ffffffff92b4f5b8>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160 > [<ffffffff92b4f6bf>] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90 > [<ffffffff92b4f8df>] __driver_attach+0xbf/0x1b0 > [<ffffffff92b4d350>] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0 > [<ffffffff92b4e51e>] bus_add_driver+0x10e/0x210 > [<ffffffff92b50935>] driver_register+0x55/0xf0 > [<ffffffffc03e0708>] usb_register_driver+0x88/0x140 [usbcore] > [<ffffffff92401153>] do_one_initcall+0x43/0x210 > [<ffffffff9254f42a>] do_init_module+0x4a/0x200 > [<ffffffff92551d1c>] __do_sys_finit_module+0xac/0x120 > [<ffffffff92ee6626>] do_syscall_64+0x56/0x80 > [<ffffffff9300006a>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 > > The leak was verified to be real by unloading the driver, which resulted > in a dangling pointer to the allocation. > > The allocated memory is freed in rtw_usb_disconnect(). > > Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c > index 68e1b782d199..d28493a8f16c 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c > @@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ void rtw_usb_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf) > rtw_unregister_hw(rtwdev, hw); > rtw_usb_deinit_tx(rtwdev); > rtw_usb_deinit_rx(rtwdev); > + kfree(rtwusb->usb_data); I suggest to do this in rtw_usb_intf_deinit() instead, because rtwusb->usb_data is allocated by rtw_usb_intf_init(). Not only make the code symmetric also can handle error cases properly of rtw_usb_probe(). Ping-Ke