Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Fix error path in dell_smbios_init()

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On Wed, 28 Aug 2024, Aleksandr Mishin wrote:

> In case of error in build_tokens_sysfs(), all the memory that has been
> allocated is freed at end of this function. But then free_group() is
> called which performs memory deallocation again.
> 
> Fix this issue by replacing free_group() call with exit_dell_smbios_wmi()

There are two issues and only one is properly described. Please amend the 
commit message to cover the other problem too.

-- 
 i.

> and exit_dell_smbios_smm().
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 33b9ca1e53b4 ("platform/x86: dell-smbios: Add a sysfs interface for SMBIOS tokens")
> Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-base.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-base.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-base.c
> index 6565fac24cde..73e41eb69cb5 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-base.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-base.c
> @@ -622,7 +622,10 @@ static int __init dell_smbios_init(void)
>  	return 0;
>  
>  fail_sysfs:
> -	free_group(platform_device);
> +	if (!wmi)
> +		exit_dell_smbios_wmi();
> +	if (!smm)
> +		exit_dell_smbios_smm();
>  
>  fail_create_group:
>  	platform_device_del(platform_device);
> 





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