[PATCH v2] net: macsec: fix potential resource leak in macsec_add_rxsa() and macsec_add_txsa()

[PATCH v2] net: macsec: fix potential resource leak in macsec_add_rxsa() and macsec_add_txsa()

[Jianglei Nie]

init_rx_sa() allocates relevant resource for rx_sa->stats and rx_sa->
key.tfm with alloc_percpu() and macsec_alloc_tfm(). When some error
occurs after init_rx_sa() is called in macsec_add_rxsa(), the function
released rx_sa with kfree() without releasing rx_sa->stats and rx_sa->
key.tfm, which will lead to a resource leak.

We should call macsec_rxsa_put() instead of kfree() to decrease the ref
count of rx_sa and release the relevant resource if the refcount is 0.
The same bug exists in macsec_add_txsa() for tx_sa as well. This patch
fixes the above two bugs.

Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@163.com>
---
 drivers/net/macsec.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 817577e713d7..ac3ff624a8dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -1842,7 +1842,7 @@ static int macsec_add_rxsa(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	return 0;
 
 cleanup:
-	kfree(rx_sa);
+	macsec_rxsa_put(rx_sa);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return err;
 }
@@ -2085,7 +2085,7 @@ static int macsec_add_txsa(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 cleanup:
 	secy->operational = was_operational;
-	kfree(tx_sa);
+	macsec_txsa_put(tx_sa);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH v2] net: macsec: fix potential resource leak in macsec_add_rxsa() and macsec_add_txsa()

[Paolo Abeni]

On Mon, 2022-07-11 at 15:28 +0800, Jianglei Nie wrote:
> init_rx_sa() allocates relevant resource for rx_sa->stats and rx_sa->
> key.tfm with alloc_percpu() and macsec_alloc_tfm(). When some error
> occurs after init_rx_sa() is called in macsec_add_rxsa(), the function
> released rx_sa with kfree() without releasing rx_sa->stats and rx_sa->
> key.tfm, which will lead to a resource leak.
> 
> We should call macsec_rxsa_put() instead of kfree() to decrease the ref
> count of rx_sa and release the relevant resource if the refcount is 0.
> The same bug exists in macsec_add_txsa() for tx_sa as well. This patch
> fixes the above two bugs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@163.com>

uhmmm.... this is getting weird. I already asked you 2 times to please
add a suitable Fixes tag to your commit message, and this patch has
been reposted unmodified...

Please, read every document under Documentation/process/ carefully, and
please really add the required tag next time.

If the above is not clear, please ask questions, but _do not repost_
your patch unmodified,

thanks!

Paolo