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* [PATCH net-next] ethtool: fix a memory leak in ethnl_default_start()
@ 2020-01-08  5:39 Dan Carpenter
  2020-01-08  9:06 ` Michal Kubecek
  2020-01-09  0:03 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2020-01-08  5:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David S. Miller, Michal Kubecek
  Cc: Florian Fainelli, Andrew Lunn, netdev, kernel-janitors

If ethnl_default_parse() fails then we need to free a couple
memory allocations before returning.

Fixes: 728480f12442 ("ethtool: default handlers for GET requests")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
---
 net/ethtool/netlink.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index 4ca96c7b86b3..5d16436498ac 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ static int ethnl_default_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	reply_data = kmalloc(ops->reply_data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!reply_data) {
-		kfree(req_info);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto free_req_info;
 	}
 
 	ret = ethnl_default_parse(req_info, cb->nlh, sock_net(cb->skb->sk), ops,
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static int ethnl_default_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		req_info->dev = NULL;
 	}
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		goto free_reply_data;
 
 	ctx->ops = ops;
 	ctx->req_info = req_info;
@@ -496,6 +496,13 @@ static int ethnl_default_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	ctx->pos_idx = 0;
 
 	return 0;
+
+free_reply_data:
+	kfree(reply_data);
+free_req_info:
+	kfree(req_info);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* default ->done() handler for GET requests */
-- 
2.11.0


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* Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: fix a memory leak in ethnl_default_start()
  2020-01-08  5:39 [PATCH net-next] ethtool: fix a memory leak in ethnl_default_start() Dan Carpenter
@ 2020-01-08  9:06 ` Michal Kubecek
  2020-01-09  0:03 ` David Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michal Kubecek @ 2020-01-08  9:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev
  Cc: Dan Carpenter, David S. Miller, Florian Fainelli, Andrew Lunn,
	kernel-janitors

On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 08:39:48AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> If ethnl_default_parse() fails then we need to free a couple
> memory allocations before returning.
> 
> Fixes: 728480f12442 ("ethtool: default handlers for GET requests")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
> ---
>  net/ethtool/netlink.c | 13 ++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
> index 4ca96c7b86b3..5d16436498ac 100644
> --- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
> +++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
> @@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ static int ethnl_default_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	reply_data = kmalloc(ops->reply_data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!reply_data) {
> -		kfree(req_info);
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto free_req_info;
>  	}

We could avoid the block statement by setting ret unconditionally but
this is OK.
>  
>  	ret = ethnl_default_parse(req_info, cb->nlh, sock_net(cb->skb->sk), ops,
> @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static int ethnl_default_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
>  		req_info->dev = NULL;
>  	}
>  	if (ret < 0)
> -		return ret;
> +		goto free_reply_data;
>  
>  	ctx->ops = ops;
>  	ctx->req_info = req_info;
> @@ -496,6 +496,13 @@ static int ethnl_default_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
>  	ctx->pos_idx = 0;
>  
>  	return 0;
> +
> +free_reply_data:
> +	kfree(reply_data);
> +free_req_info:
> +	kfree(req_info);
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  /* default ->done() handler for GET requests */

Reviewed-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>

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* Re: [PATCH net-next] ethtool: fix a memory leak in ethnl_default_start()
  2020-01-08  5:39 [PATCH net-next] ethtool: fix a memory leak in ethnl_default_start() Dan Carpenter
  2020-01-08  9:06 ` Michal Kubecek
@ 2020-01-09  0:03 ` David Miller
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2020-01-09  0:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: dan.carpenter; +Cc: mkubecek, f.fainelli, andrew, netdev, kernel-janitors

From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 08:39:48 +0300

> If ethnl_default_parse() fails then we need to free a couple
> memory allocations before returning.
> 
> Fixes: 728480f12442 ("ethtool: default handlers for GET requests")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

Applied.

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