This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
caif: fix memory leak in cfctrl_linkup_request()
to the 5.15-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:
caif-fix-memory-leak-in-cfctrl_linkup_request.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit af77123c68c7504e243f9e496046b7364b0a5760
Author: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Jan 4 14:51:46 2023 +0800
caif: fix memory leak in cfctrl_linkup_request()
[ Upstream commit fe69230f05897b3de758427b574fc98025dfc907 ]
When linktype is unknown or kzalloc failed in cfctrl_linkup_request(),
pkt is not released. Add release process to error path.
Fixes: b482cd2053e3 ("net-caif: add CAIF core protocol stack")
Fixes: 8d545c8f958f ("caif: Disconnect without waiting for response")
Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230104065146.1153009-1-shaozhengchao@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/caif/cfctrl.c b/net/caif/cfctrl.c
index 2809cbd6b7f7..d8cb4b2a076b 100644
--- a/net/caif/cfctrl.c
+++ b/net/caif/cfctrl.c
@@ -269,11 +269,15 @@ int cfctrl_linkup_request(struct cflayer *layer,
default:
pr_warn("Request setup of bad link type = %d\n",
param->linktype);
+ cfpkt_destroy(pkt);
return -EINVAL;
}
req = kzalloc(sizeof(*req), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!req)
+ if (!req) {
+ cfpkt_destroy(pkt);
return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
req->client_layer = user_layer;
req->cmd = CFCTRL_CMD_LINK_SETUP;
req->param = *param;
