[PATCH v2] erofs-utils: fix memory leaks and allocation issue
Gao Xiang
hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com
Wed Sep 10 15:14:58 AEST 2025
On 2025/9/10 13:05, Yuezhang Mo wrote:
> This patch addresses 4 memory leaks and 1 allocation issue to
> ensure proper cleanup and allocation:
>
> 1. Fixed memory leak by freeing sbi->zmgr in z_erofs_compress_exit().
> 2. Fixed memory leak by freeing inode->chunkindexes in erofs_iput().
> 3. Fixed incorrect allocation of chunk index array in
> erofs_rebuild_write_blob_index() to ensure correct array allocation
> and avoid out-of-bounds access.
> 4. Fixed memory leak of struct erofs_blobchunk not being freed by
> calling erofs_blob_exit() in rebuild mode.
> 5. Fixed memory leak caused by repeated initialization of the first
> blob device's sbi by checking whether sbi has been initialized.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo at sony.com>
> Reviewed-by: Friendy Su <friendy.su at sony.com>
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Palmer <daniel.palmer at sony.com>
> ---
> lib/compress.c | 2 ++
> lib/inode.c | 3 +++
> lib/rebuild.c | 13 ++++++++-----
> mkfs/main.c | 2 +-
> 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/compress.c b/lib/compress.c
> index 622a205..dd537ec 100644
> --- a/lib/compress.c
> +++ b/lib/compress.c
> @@ -2171,5 +2171,7 @@ int z_erofs_compress_exit(struct erofs_sb_info *sbi)
> }
> #endif
> }
> +
> + free(sbi->zmgr);
> return 0;
> }
> diff --git a/lib/inode.c b/lib/inode.c
> index 7ee6b3d..38e2bb2 100644
> --- a/lib/inode.c
> +++ b/lib/inode.c
> @@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ unsigned int erofs_iput(struct erofs_inode *inode)
> } else {
> free(inode->i_link);
> }
> +
> + if (inode->datalayout == EROFS_INODE_CHUNK_BASED)
> + free(inode->chunkindexes);
> free(inode);
> return 0;
> }
> diff --git a/lib/rebuild.c b/lib/rebuild.c
> index 0358567..461e18e 100644
> --- a/lib/rebuild.c
> +++ b/lib/rebuild.c
> @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static int erofs_rebuild_write_blob_index(struct erofs_sb_info *dst_sb,
>
> unit = sizeof(struct erofs_inode_chunk_index);
> inode->extent_isize = count * unit;
> - idx = malloc(max(sizeof(*idx), sizeof(void *)));
> + idx = calloc(count, max(sizeof(*idx), sizeof(void *)));
> if (!idx)
> return -ENOMEM;
> inode->chunkindexes = idx;
> @@ -428,10 +428,13 @@ int erofs_rebuild_load_tree(struct erofs_inode *root, struct erofs_sb_info *sbi,
> erofs_uuid_unparse_lower(sbi->uuid, uuid_str);
> fsid = uuid_str;
> }
> - ret = erofs_read_superblock(sbi);
> - if (ret) {
> - erofs_err("failed to read superblock of %s", fsid);
> - return ret;
> +
> + if (!sbi->devs) {
`sbi->devs` may be NULL if ondisk_extradevs == 0? (see
erofs_init_devices()).
I think we could just introduce a new `sbi->sb_valid`
boolean, and set up this in erofs_read_superblock()
instead in the short term.
Thanks,
Gao Xiang
> + ret = erofs_read_superblock(sbi);
> + if (ret) {
> + erofs_err("failed to read superblock of %s", fsid);
> + return ret;
> + }
> }
>
> inode.nid = sbi->root_nid;
> diff --git a/mkfs/main.c b/mkfs/main.c
> index 28588db..3dd5815 100644
> --- a/mkfs/main.c
> +++ b/mkfs/main.c
> @@ -1908,7 +1908,7 @@ exit:
> erofs_dev_close(&g_sbi);
> erofs_cleanup_compress_hints();
> erofs_cleanup_exclude_rules();
> - if (cfg.c_chunkbits)
> + if (cfg.c_chunkbits || source_mode == EROFS_MKFS_SOURCE_REBUILD)
> erofs_blob_exit();
> erofs_xattr_cleanup_name_prefixes();
> erofs_rebuild_cleanup();
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