This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
libbpf: Fix memleak in libbpf_netlink_recv()
to the 5.17-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:
libbpf-fix-memleak-in-libbpf_netlink_recv.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.17 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 7486fb3c3cb68f3de382d293a6ede83667d06572
Author: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Feb 16 23:39:58 2022 -0800
libbpf: Fix memleak in libbpf_netlink_recv()
[ Upstream commit 1b8c924a05934d2e758ec7da7bd217ef8ebd80ce ]
Ensure that libbpf_netlink_recv() frees dynamically allocated buffer in
all code paths.
Fixes: 9c3de619e13e ("libbpf: Use dynamically allocated buffer when receiving netlink messages")
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20220217073958.276959-1-andrii@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
index 69b353d55dbf..fadde7d80a51 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/netlink.c
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ static int libbpf_netlink_recv(int sock, __u32 nl_pid, int seq,
libbpf_nla_dump_errormsg(nh);
goto done;
case NLMSG_DONE:
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto done;
default:
break;
}
@@ -188,9 +189,10 @@ static int libbpf_netlink_recv(int sock, __u32 nl_pid, int seq,
case NL_NEXT:
goto start;
case NL_DONE:
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto done;
default:
- return ret;
+ goto done;
}
}
}
