[PATCH v2] Bluetooth: fix memory leak in error path of hci_alloc_dev()

Bharath Reddy posted 1 patch 1 week ago
There is a newer version of this series
net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH v2] Bluetooth: fix memory leak in error path of hci_alloc_dev()
Posted by Bharath Reddy 1 week ago
Early failures in Bluetooth HCI UART configuration leak SRCU percpu
memory.

When device initialization fails before hci_register_dev() completes,
the HCI_UNREGISTER flag is never set. As a result, when the device
reference count reaches zero, bt_host_release() evaluates this flag as
false and falls back to a direct kfree(hdev).

Because hci_release_dev() is bypassed, the SRCU struct initialized
early in hci_alloc_dev() is never cleaned up, resulting in a leak of
percpu memory.

Fix the leak by explicitly calling cleanup_srcu_struct() in the
fallback (unregistered) branch of bt_host_release() before freeing
the device.

Reported-by: syzbot+535ecc844591e50588a5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Tested-by: syzbot+535ecc844591e50588a5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Bharath Reddy <kbreddy.rpbc@gmail.com>
---
 net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c
index 041ce9adc378..74131f2c3be6 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c
@@ -85,8 +85,10 @@ static void bt_host_release(struct device *dev)
 
 	if (hci_dev_test_flag(hdev, HCI_UNREGISTER))
 		hci_release_dev(hdev);
-	else
+	else {
+		cleanup_srcu_struct(&hdev->srcu);
 		kfree(hdev);
+	}
 	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 }
 
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2.34.1
Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: fix memory leak in error path of hci_alloc_dev()
Posted by Markus Elfring 1 week ago
…
> Fix the leak by explicitly calling cleanup_srcu_struct() in the
> fallback (unregistered) branch of bt_host_release() before freeing
> the device.
…
> ---
>  net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c | 4 +++-

Some contributors would appreciate patch version descriptions.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=%22This+looks+like+a+new+version+of+a+previously+submitted+patch%22
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v7.1-rc5#n310

Regards,
Markus