The following kernel memory leak was noticed after running
tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_run_tests.sh:
[root@pc-mtodorov firmware]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
.
.
.
unreferenced object 0xffff955389bc3400 (size 1024):
  comm "test_firmware-0", pid 5451, jiffies 
4294944822 (age 65.652s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    47 48 34 35 36 37 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  GH4567..........
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<
ffffffff962f5dec>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x8c/0x3c0
    [<
ffffffff962fcca4>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x184/0x240
    [<
ffffffff962704de>] kmalloc_trace+0x2e/0xc0
    [<
ffffffff9665b42d>] test_fw_run_batch_request+0x9d/0x180
    [<
ffffffff95fd813b>] kthread+0x10b/0x140
    [<
ffffffff95e033e9>] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50
unreferenced object 0xffff9553c334b400 (size 1024):
  comm "test_firmware-1", pid 5452, jiffies 
4294944822 (age 65.652s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    47 48 34 35 36 37 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  GH4567..........
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<
ffffffff962f5dec>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x8c/0x3c0
    [<
ffffffff962fcca4>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x184/0x240
    [<
ffffffff962704de>] kmalloc_trace+0x2e/0xc0
    [<
ffffffff9665b42d>] test_fw_run_batch_request+0x9d/0x180
    [<
ffffffff95fd813b>] kthread+0x10b/0x140
    [<
ffffffff95e033e9>] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50
unreferenced object 0xffff9553c334f000 (size 1024):
  comm "test_firmware-2", pid 5453, jiffies 
4294944822 (age 65.652s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    47 48 34 35 36 37 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  GH4567..........
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<
ffffffff962f5dec>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x8c/0x3c0
    [<
ffffffff962fcca4>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x184/0x240
    [<
ffffffff962704de>] kmalloc_trace+0x2e/0xc0
    [<
ffffffff9665b42d>] test_fw_run_batch_request+0x9d/0x180
    [<
ffffffff95fd813b>] kthread+0x10b/0x140
    [<
ffffffff95e033e9>] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50
unreferenced object 0xffff9553c3348400 (size 1024):
  comm "test_firmware-3", pid 5454, jiffies 
4294944822 (age 65.652s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    47 48 34 35 36 37 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  GH4567..........
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace:
    [<
ffffffff962f5dec>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x8c/0x3c0
    [<
ffffffff962fcca4>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x184/0x240
    [<
ffffffff962704de>] kmalloc_trace+0x2e/0xc0
    [<
ffffffff9665b42d>] test_fw_run_batch_request+0x9d/0x180
    [<
ffffffff95fd813b>] kthread+0x10b/0x140
    [<
ffffffff95e033e9>] ret_from_fork+0x29/0x50
[root@pc-mtodorov firmware]#
Note that the size 1024 corresponds to the size of the test firmware
buffer. The actual number of the buffers leaked is around 70-110,
depending on the test run.
The cause of the leak is the following:
request_partial_firmware_into_buf() and request_firmware_into_buf()
provided firmware buffer isn't released on release_firmware(), we
have allocated it and we are responsible for deallocating it manually.
This is introduced in a number of context where previously only
release_firmware() was called, which was insufficient.
Reported-by: Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@alu.unizg.hr>
Fixes: 7feebfa487b92 ("test_firmware: add support for request_firmware_into_buf")
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Cc: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: Russ Weight <russell.h.weight@intel.com>
Cc: Tianfei zhang <tianfei.zhang@intel.com>
Cc: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@huawei.com>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Scott Branden <sbranden@broadcom.com>
Cc: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.4
Signed-off-by: Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@alu.unizg.hr>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230509084746.48259-3-mirsad.todorovac@alu.unizg.hr
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
 
        bool sent;
        const struct firmware *fw;
        const char *name;
+       const char *fw_buf;
        struct completion completion;
        struct task_struct *task;
        struct device *dev;
 
        for (i = 0; i < test_fw_config->num_requests; i++) {
                req = &test_fw_config->reqs[i];
-               if (req->fw)
+               if (req->fw) {
+                       if (req->fw_buf) {
+                               kfree_const(req->fw_buf);
+                               req->fw_buf = NULL;
+                       }
                        release_firmware(req->fw);
+                       req->fw = NULL;
+               }
        }
 
        vfree(test_fw_config->reqs);
 
        mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
        release_firmware(test_firmware);
+       if (test_fw_config->reqs)
+               __test_release_all_firmware();
        test_firmware = NULL;
        rc = request_firmware(&test_firmware, name, dev);
        if (rc) {
        mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
        release_firmware(test_firmware);
        test_firmware = NULL;
+       if (test_fw_config->reqs)
+               __test_release_all_firmware();
        rc = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1, name, dev, GFP_KERNEL,
                                     NULL, trigger_async_request_cb);
        if (rc) {
 
        mutex_lock(&test_fw_mutex);
        release_firmware(test_firmware);
+       if (test_fw_config->reqs)
+               __test_release_all_firmware();
        test_firmware = NULL;
        rc = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, FW_ACTION_NOUEVENT, name,
                                     dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL,
                                                 test_fw_config->buf_size);
                if (!req->fw)
                        kfree(test_buf);
+               else
+                       req->fw_buf = test_buf;
        } else {
                req->rc = test_fw_config->req_firmware(&req->fw,
                                                       req->name,
                req->fw = NULL;
                req->idx = i;
                req->name = test_fw_config->name;
+               req->fw_buf = NULL;
                req->dev = dev;
                init_completion(&req->completion);
                req->task = kthread_run(test_fw_run_batch_request, req,
        for (i = 0; i < test_fw_config->num_requests; i++) {
                req = &test_fw_config->reqs[i];
                req->name = test_fw_config->name;
+               req->fw_buf = NULL;
                req->fw = NULL;
                req->idx = i;
                init_completion(&req->completion);