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RE: [PATCH] wifi: rtw88: Fix memory leak in rtw88_usb

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> -----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





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