This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86: fix seq_file iteration for pat/memtype.c
to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-fix-seq_file-iteration-for-pat-memtype.c.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 3d2fc4c082448e9c05792f9b2a11c1d5db408b85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:22:29 -0800
Subject: x86: fix seq_file iteration for pat/memtype.c
From: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
commit 3d2fc4c082448e9c05792f9b2a11c1d5db408b85 upstream.
The memtype seq_file iterator allocates a buffer in the ->start and ->next
functions and frees it in the ->show function. The preferred handling for
such resources is to free them in the subsequent ->next or ->stop function
call.
Since Commit 1f4aace60b0e ("fs/seq_file.c: simplify seq_file iteration
code and interface") there is no guarantee that ->show will be called
after ->next, so this function can now leak memory.
So move the freeing of the buffer to ->next and ->stop.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/161248539022.21478.13874455485854739066.stgit@noble1
Fixes: 1f4aace60b0e ("fs/seq_file.c: simplify seq_file iteration code and interface")
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -1131,12 +1131,14 @@ static void *memtype_seq_start(struct se
static void *memtype_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
{
+ kfree(v);
++*pos;
return memtype_get_idx(*pos);
}
static void memtype_seq_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
{
+ kfree(v);
}
static int memtype_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
@@ -1145,7 +1147,6 @@ static int memtype_seq_show(struct seq_f
seq_printf(seq, "%s @ 0x%Lx-0x%Lx\n", cattr_name(print_entry->type),
print_entry->start, print_entry->end);
- kfree(print_entry);
return 0;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from neilb@xxxxxxx are
queue-4.19/seq_file-document-how-per-entry-resources-are-managed.patch
queue-4.19/x86-fix-seq_file-iteration-for-pat-memtype.c.patch
