Re: [PATCH] xfs: fix potential memory leak in mount option parsing

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On 2/24/18 4:33 AM, Chengguang Xu wrote:
> When specifying string type mount option (e.g., logdev)
> several times in a mount, current option parsing may
> cause memory leak. Hence, call kfree for previous one
> in this case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@xxxxxxxxxx>

It might be worth investigating whether option respecification
should be allowed, but does fix the immediate problem
cleanly, so:

Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_super.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
> index 7aba628..93588ea 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
> @@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ enum {
>  				return -EINVAL;
>  			break;
>  		case Opt_logdev:
> +			kfree(mp->m_logname);
>  			mp->m_logname = match_strdup(args);
>  			if (!mp->m_logname)
>  				return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ enum {
>  			xfs_warn(mp, "%s option not allowed on this system", p);
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  		case Opt_rtdev:
> +			kfree(mp->m_rtname);
>  			mp->m_rtname = match_strdup(args);
>  			if (!mp->m_rtname)
>  				return -ENOMEM;
> 
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