Re: [PATCH v3,net-next 2/2] ip6_gre: fix potential memory leak in ip6erspan_rcv
From: Haishuang Yan Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:07:01 +0800 > If md is NULL, tun_dst must be freed, otherwise it will cause memory > leak. > > Fixes: ef7baf5e083c ("ip6_gre: add ip6 erspan collect_md mode") > Cc: William Tu > Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan Applied. > @@ -550,8 +550,10 @@ static int ip6erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, int > gre_hdr_len, > > info = &tun_dst->u.tun_info; > md = ip_tunnel_info_opts(info); > - if (!md) > + if (!md) { > + dst_release((struct dst_entry *)tun_dst); > return PACKET_REJECT; > + } > > memcpy(md, pkt_md, sizeof(*md)); I agree with William that 'md' should never be NULL here, but that check existing before your changes so removing it is a separate patch altogether.
Re: [PATCH v3,net-next 2/2] ip6_gre: fix potential memory leak in ip6erspan_rcv
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Haishuang Yan wrote: > If md is NULL, tun_dst must be freed, otherwise it will cause memory > leak. > > Fixes: ef7baf5e083c ("ip6_gre: add ip6 erspan collect_md mode") > Cc: William Tu > Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan > > --- > Changes since v3: > * Rebase on latest master branch. > * Fix wrong commit information. > --- > net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c > index 9bd1103..45038a9 100644 > --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c > +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c > @@ -550,8 +550,10 @@ static int ip6erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, int > gre_hdr_len, > > info = &tun_dst->u.tun_info; > md = ip_tunnel_info_opts(info); > - if (!md) > + if (!md) { > + dst_release((struct dst_entry *)tun_dst); > return PACKET_REJECT; isn't md allocated previously at tun_dst = ipv6_tun_rx_dst(skb, flags, tun_id, sizeof(*md)); so md should never be null after we check tun_dst? William
[PATCH v3,net-next 2/2] ip6_gre: fix potential memory leak in ip6erspan_rcv
If md is NULL, tun_dst must be freed, otherwise it will cause memory leak. Fixes: ef7baf5e083c ("ip6_gre: add ip6 erspan collect_md mode") Cc: William Tu Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan --- Changes since v3: * Rebase on latest master branch. * Fix wrong commit information. --- net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c index 9bd1103..45038a9 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c @@ -550,8 +550,10 @@ static int ip6erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, int gre_hdr_len, info = &tun_dst->u.tun_info; md = ip_tunnel_info_opts(info); - if (!md) + if (!md) { + dst_release((struct dst_entry *)tun_dst); return PACKET_REJECT; + } memcpy(md, pkt_md, sizeof(*md)); md->version = ver; -- 1.8.3.1