[PATCH] drm/amd/display/dc/calcs/dce_calcs: Fix a memleak in calculate_bandwidth()

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 12:55:51AM +0800, Zhou Qingyang wrote:
> In calculate_bandwidth(), the tag free_sclk and free_yclk are reversed,
> which could lead to a memory leak of yclk.
> 
> Fix this bug by changing the location of free_sclk and free_yclk.
> 
> This bug was found by a static analyzer.
> 
> Builds with 'make allyesconfig' show no new warnings,
> and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.
> 
> Fixes: 2be8989d0fc2 ("drm/amd/display/dc/calcs/dce_calcs: Move some large variables from the stack to the heap")
> Signed-off-by: Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615 at umn.edu>
> ---
> The analysis employs differential checking to identify inconsistent 
> security operations (e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths 
> and confirms that the inconsistent operations are not recovered in the
> current function or the callers, so they constitute bugs. 
> 
> Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false
> positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed
> the bug.
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/calcs/dce_calcs.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/calcs/dce_calcs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/calcs/dce_calcs.c
> index ff5bb152ef49..e6ef36de0825 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/calcs/dce_calcs.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/calcs/dce_calcs.c
> @@ -2033,10 +2033,10 @@ static void calculate_bandwidth(
>  	kfree(surface_type);
>  free_tiling_mode:
>  	kfree(tiling_mode);
> -free_yclk:
> -	kfree(yclk);
>  free_sclk:
>  	kfree(sclk);
> +free_yclk:
> +	kfree(yclk);
>  }
>  
>  /*******************************************************************************
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

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