From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> mainline inclusion from mainline-v5.1-rc1 commit 3a55437141a1d287dead685b37fe240185144f15 category: bugfix bugzilla: 34614 CVE: NA ----------------------------------------------- This patch changes the parent pointer assignment of snd_info_entry object to be always non-NULL. More specifically,check the parent argument in snd_info_create_module_entry() & co, and assign snd_proc_root if NULL is passed there. This assures that the proc object is always freed when the root is freed, so avoid possible memory leaks. For example, some error paths (e.g. snd_info_register() error at snd_minor_info_init()) may leave snd_info_entry object although the proc file itself is freed. Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> --- sound/core/info.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/core/info.c b/sound/core/info.c index 679136fba730..3411bea54d66 100644 --- a/sound/core/info.c +++ b/sound/core/info.c @@ -744,7 +744,11 @@ struct snd_info_entry *snd_info_create_module_entry(struct module * module, const char *name, struct snd_info_entry *parent) { - struct snd_info_entry *entry = snd_info_create_entry(name, parent); + struct snd_info_entry *entry; + + if (!parent) + parent = snd_proc_root; + entry = snd_info_create_entry(name, parent); if (entry) entry->module = module; return entry; @@ -765,7 +769,11 @@ struct snd_info_entry *snd_info_create_card_entry(struct snd_card *card, const char *name, struct snd_info_entry * parent) { - struct snd_info_entry *entry = snd_info_create_entry(name, parent); + struct snd_info_entry *entry; + + if (!parent) + parent = card->proc_root; + entry = snd_info_create_entry(name, parent); if (entry) { entry->module = card->module; entry->card = card; -- 2.25.1