From: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx> commit c03b04dcdba1da39903e23cc4d072abf8f68f2dd upstream. In crypto_reportstat, a new skb is created by nlmsg_new(). This skb is leaked if crypto_reportstat_alg() fails. Required release for skb is added. Fixes: cac5818c25d0 ("crypto: user - Implement a generic crypto statistics") 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_stat.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/crypto/crypto_user_stat.c +++ b/crypto/crypto_user_stat.c @@ -328,8 +328,10 @@ int crypto_reportstat(struct sk_buff *in drop_alg: crypto_mod_put(alg); - if (err) + if (err) { + kfree_skb(skb); return err; + } return nlmsg_unicast(net->crypto_nlsk, skb, NETLINK_CB(in_skb).portid); }