Hi Ignat, Thanks for the patch. On Tue. 8 Oct. 2024 at 06:37, Ignat Korchagin <ignat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On error can_create() frees the allocated sk object, but sock_init_data() > has already attached it to the provided sock object. This will leave a > dangling sk pointer in the sock object and may cause use-after-free later. I was about to suggest that this should be backported to stable, but after reading the cover letter, I now understand that this patch is more an improvement to avoid false positives on kmemleak & Cie. Maybe the description could be a bit more nuanced? After patch 1/8 of this series, it seems that the use-after-free is not possible anymore. > Signed-off-by: Ignat Korchagin <ignat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> See above comment as notwithstanding. This said: Reviewed-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/can/af_can.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/net/can/af_can.c b/net/can/af_can.c > index 707576eeeb58..01f3fbb3b67d 100644 > --- a/net/can/af_can.c > +++ b/net/can/af_can.c > @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static int can_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol, > /* release sk on errors */ > sock_orphan(sk); > sock_put(sk); > + sock->sk = NULL; > } > > errout: > -- > 2.39.5 > >