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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/microcode/intel: Fix memleak in save_microcode_patch()
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:51:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180622115126.3515-1-bp@alien8.de> (raw)

From: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>

Free useless ucode_patch entry when it's replaced.

Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
Cc: Srinivas REDDY Eeda <srinivas.eeda@oracle.com>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/888102f0-fd22-459d-b090-a1bd8a00cb2b@default
[ Drop the memfree_patch() two-liner. ]
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 1c2cfa0644aa..97ccf4c3b45b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -190,8 +190,11 @@ static void save_microcode_patch(void *data, unsigned int size)
 			p = memdup_patch(data, size);
 			if (!p)
 				pr_err("Error allocating buffer %p\n", data);
-			else
+			else {
 				list_replace(&iter->plist, &p->plist);
+				kfree(iter->data);
+				kfree(iter);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
2.17.0.582.gccdcbd54c


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