In ipcomp_alloc_scratches, if the vmalloc fails, there leaves a NULL pointer. However, ipcomp_free_scratches does not check the per_pcu_ptr pointer when invoking vfree. Fix this by adding a sanity check before vfree. Call Trace: ipcomp_free_scratches+0xbc/0x160 net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c:203 ipcomp_free_data net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c:312 [inline] ipcomp_init_state+0x77c/0xa40 net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c:364 ipcomp6_init_state+0xc2/0x700 net/ipv6/ipcomp6.c:154 __xfrm_init_state+0x995/0x15c0 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:2648 xfrm_init_state+0x1a/0x70 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:2675 pfkey_msg2xfrm_state net/key/af_key.c:1287 [inline] pfkey_add+0x1a64/0x2cd0 net/key/af_key.c:1504 pfkey_process+0x685/0x7e0 net/key/af_key.c:2837 pfkey_sendmsg+0x43a/0x820 net/key/af_key.c:3676 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:703 [inline] sock_sendmsg+0xcf/0x120 net/socket.c:723 Reported-by: syzbot+b9cfd1cc5d57ee0a09ab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 6fccab671f2f ("ipsec: ipcomp - Merge IPComp impl") Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c index cb40ff0ff28d..9588ac05ab27 100644 --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_ipcomp.c @@ -199,8 +199,11 @@ static void ipcomp_free_scratches(void) if (!scratches) return; - for_each_possible_cpu(i) - vfree(*per_cpu_ptr(scratches, i)); + for_each_possible_cpu(i) { + void *scratch = *per_cpu_ptr(scratches, i); + if (!scratch) + vfree(scratch); + } free_percpu(scratches); } -- 2.25.1