| Message ID | 20230801111421.63651-1-wangzhu9@huawei.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [-next] scsi: snic: fix possible memory leak while device_add() fails | expand |
On Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:14:21 +0800, Zhu Wang wrote: > If device_add() returns error, the name allocated by dev_set_name() need > be freed. As comment of device_add() says, it should use put_device() to > give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling > put_device, then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanp(). > > Applied to 6.5/scsi-fixes, thanks! [1/1] scsi: snic: fix possible memory leak while device_add() fails https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/41320b18a0e0
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_disc.c b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_disc.c index 3e2e5783924d..e429ad23c396 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_disc.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_disc.c @@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ snic_tgt_create(struct snic *snic, struct snic_tgt_id *tgtid) "Snic Tgt: device_add, with err = %d\n", ret); + put_device(&tgt->dev); put_device(&snic->shost->shost_gendev); spin_lock_irqsave(snic->shost->host_lock, flags); list_del(&tgt->list);
If device_add() returns error, the name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As comment of device_add() says, it should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device, then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanp(). Fixes: c8806b6c9e82 ("snic: driver for Cisco SCSI HBA") Signed-off-by: Zhu Wang <wangzhu9@huawei.com> --- drivers/scsi/snic/snic_disc.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)