This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net/mlx5e: IPsec: Use kvfree() for memory allocated with kvzalloc()
to the 5.9-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:
net-mlx5e-ipsec-use-kvfree-for-memory-allocated-with.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 91afb55d2167407ee03592d056e8d5962cd60d59
Author: Denis Efremov <efremov@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Sep 21 19:23:44 2020 +0300
net/mlx5e: IPsec: Use kvfree() for memory allocated with kvzalloc()
[ Upstream commit 22db4c24452a6681c7e99c6a06b38b5418395bec ]
Variables flow_group_in, spec in rx_fs_create() are allocated with
kvzalloc(). It's incorrect to free them with kfree(). Use kvfree()
instead.
Fixes: 5e466345291a ("net/mlx5e: IPsec: Add IPsec steering in local NIC RX")
Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c
index 429428bbc903c..b974f3cd10058 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/ipsec_fs.c
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ static int rx_fs_create(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
fs_prot->miss_rule = miss_rule;
out:
- kfree(flow_group_in);
- kfree(spec);
+ kvfree(flow_group_in);
+ kvfree(spec);
return err;
}
