This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
crypto: user - fix memory leak in crypto_report
to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
crypto-user-fix-memory-leak-in-crypto_report.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From ffdde5932042600c6807d46c1550b28b0db6a3bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 14:29:16 -0500
Subject: crypto: user - fix memory leak in crypto_report
From: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx>
commit ffdde5932042600c6807d46c1550b28b0db6a3bc upstream.
In crypto_report, a new skb is created via nlmsg_new(). This skb should
be released if crypto_report_alg() fails.
Fixes: a38f7907b926 ("crypto: Add userspace configuration API")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
crypto/crypto_user.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/crypto/crypto_user.c
+++ b/crypto/crypto_user.c
@@ -288,8 +288,10 @@ static int crypto_report(struct sk_buff
drop_alg:
crypto_mod_put(alg);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ kfree_skb(skb);
return err;
+ }
return nlmsg_unicast(crypto_nlsk, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).portid);
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.19/crypto-user-fix-memory-leak-in-crypto_report.patch
queue-4.19/rsi-release-skb-if-rsi_prepare_beacon-fails.patch
queue-4.19/input-fix-memory-leak-in-psxpad_spi_probe.patch
