In cm_write(), if the 'buf' is allocated memory but not fully consumed,
it is possible to reallocate the buffer without freeing it by passing
'*ppos' as 0 on a subsequent call.
Add an explicit kfree() before kzalloc() to prevent the possible memory
leak.
Fixes:
526b4af47f44 ("ACPI: Split out custom_method functionality into an own driver")
Signed-off-by: Mark Langsdorf <mlangsdo@redhat.com>
Cc: 5.4+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.4+
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
sizeof(struct acpi_table_header)))
return -EFAULT;
uncopied_bytes = max_size = table.length;
+ /* make sure the buf is not allocated */
+ kfree(buf);
buf = kzalloc(max_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf)
return -ENOMEM;