[PATCH] tools/xenstore: fix error handling of check_store()

Juergen Gross posted 1 patch 2 years, 2 months ago
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git fetch https://gitlab.com/xen-project/patchew/xen tags/patchew/20220121131219.14562-1-jgross@suse.com
tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
[PATCH] tools/xenstore: fix error handling of check_store()
Posted by Juergen Gross 2 years, 2 months ago
check_store() has an incomplete error handling: it doesn't check
whether "root" allocation succeeded, and it is leaking the memory of
"root" in case create_hashtable() fails.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
---
 tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c
index c386ae6129..91d3adccb1 100644
--- a/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c
+++ b/tools/xenstore/xenstored_core.c
@@ -2050,14 +2050,18 @@ static void clean_store(struct hashtable *reachable)
 
 void check_store(void)
 {
-	char * root = talloc_strdup(NULL, "/");
-	struct hashtable * reachable =
-		create_hashtable(16, hash_from_key_fn, keys_equal_fn);
- 
-	if (!reachable) {
+	char *root = talloc_strdup(NULL, "/");
+	struct hashtable *reachable;
+
+	if (!root) {
 		log("check_store: ENOMEM");
 		return;
 	}
+	reachable = create_hashtable(16, hash_from_key_fn, keys_equal_fn);
+	if (!reachable) {
+		log("check_store: ENOMEM");
+		goto out_root;
+	}
 
 	log("Checking store ...");
 	if (!check_store_(root, reachable) &&
@@ -2067,6 +2071,7 @@ void check_store(void)
 
 	hashtable_destroy(reachable, 0 /* Don't free values (they are all
 					  (void *)1) */);
+ out_root:
 	talloc_free(root);
 }
 
-- 
2.31.1


Re: [PATCH] tools/xenstore: fix error handling of check_store()
Posted by Anthony PERARD 2 years, 2 months ago
On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 02:12:19PM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> check_store() has an incomplete error handling: it doesn't check
> whether "root" allocation succeeded, and it is leaking the memory of
> "root" in case create_hashtable() fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>

Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>

Thanks,

-- 
Anthony PERARD