Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix memory leak when showing current settings

[Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 31. 03. 2023. 20:09, Armin Wolf wrote:
> When retriving a item string with tlmi_setting(), the result has to be
> freed using kfree(). In current_value_show() however, malformed
> item strings are not freed, causing a memory leak.
> Fix this by eliminating the early return responsible for this.
> 
> Reported-by: Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/platform-driver-x86/01e920bc-5882-ba0c-dd15-868bf0eca0b8@xxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
> Fixes: a40cd7ef22fb ("platform/x86: think-lmi: Add WMI interface support on Lenovo platforms")
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Add Reported-by: and Link: tags
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
> index cc66f7cbccf2..8cafb9d4016c 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
> @@ -930,10 +930,12 @@ static ssize_t current_value_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *a
>  	/* validate and split from `item,value` -> `value` */
>  	value = strpbrk(item, ",");
>  	if (!value || value == item || !strlen(value + 1))
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +	else
> +		ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", value + 1);
> 
> -	ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", value + 1);
>  	kfree(item);
> +
>  	return ret;
>  }

Hi, Armin,

You might have wanted it to be tested in the original setting?

Should this patch work as a standalone fix, without the others?

This part:

@@ -929,8 +929,10 @@ static ssize_t current_value_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *a

        /* validate and split from `item,value` -> `value` */
        value = strpbrk(item, ",");
-       if (!value || value == item || !strlen(value + 1))
+       if (!value || value == item || !strlen(value + 1)) {
+               kfree(item);
                return -EINVAL;
+       }

        ret = sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", value + 1);
        kfree(item);

was apparently superseded.

Should this one be applied? I guess it should, as I stated in email
<4dc118c2-0dde-bd5e-ea41-427ed33e4545@xxxxxxxxxxxx> from 2023-03-29 20:49 UTC+02:

@@ -1457,10 +1458,10 @@ static int tlmi_analyze(void)
                         * name string.
                         * Try and pull that out if it's available.
                         */
-                       char *item, *optstart, *optend;
+                       char *optitem, *optstart, *optend;

-                       if (!tlmi_setting(setting->index, &item, LENOVO_BIOS_SETTING_GUID)) {
-                               optstart = strstr(item, "[Optional:");
+                       if (!tlmi_setting(setting->index, &optitem, LENOVO_BIOS_SETTING_GUID)) {
+                               optstart = strstr(optitem, "[Optional:");
                                if (optstart) {
                                        optstart += strlen("[Optional:");
                                        optend = strstr(optstart, "]");
@@ -1469,6 +1470,7 @@ static int tlmi_analyze(void)
                                                        kstrndup(optstart, optend - optstart,
                                                                        GFP_KERNEL);
                                }
+                               kfree(optitem);
                        }
                }
                /*

If Mark had found a better fix, then that one goes away, too.

NOTE PLEASE that in the above-mentioned message (like all the others) I just specified the
commit at which the test kernel was built + all the applied patches (git diff did not give
authors).

This did not imply that I claim Mr. Weißschuh's fix for tlmi_analyze() return, God forbid!
I apologise if I made room for such an impression.

That's all, I think. Thank Heavens. God bless!

I will assume the test build on the bottom patch + the Thomas's patch still apply + your patch.

Best regards,
Mirsad

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