The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 8cf9bedfc3c47d24bb0de386f808f925dc52863e # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to '<stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>' --in-reply-to '2024011859-dragging-hermit-6aa8@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^.. Possible dependencies: 8cf9bedfc3c4 ("ksmbd: free ppace array on error in parse_dacl") thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 8cf9bedfc3c47d24bb0de386f808f925dc52863e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 17:14:44 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ksmbd: free ppace array on error in parse_dacl The ppace array is not freed if one of the init_acl_state() calls inside parse_dacl() fails. At the moment the function may fail only due to the memory allocation errors so it's highly unlikely in this case but nevertheless a fix is needed. Move ppace allocation after the init_acl_state() calls with proper error handling. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org). Fixes: e2f34481b24d ("cifsd: add server-side procedures for SMB3") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c b/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c index 1164365533f0..1c9775f1efa5 100644 --- a/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c +++ b/fs/smb/server/smbacl.c @@ -401,10 +401,6 @@ static void parse_dacl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, if (num_aces > ULONG_MAX / sizeof(struct smb_ace *)) return; - ppace = kmalloc_array(num_aces, sizeof(struct smb_ace *), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!ppace) - return; - ret = init_acl_state(&acl_state, num_aces); if (ret) return; @@ -414,6 +410,13 @@ static void parse_dacl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, return; } + ppace = kmalloc_array(num_aces, sizeof(struct smb_ace *), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!ppace) { + free_acl_state(&default_acl_state); + free_acl_state(&acl_state); + return; + } + /* * reset rwx permissions for user/group/other. * Also, if num_aces is 0 i.e. DACL has no ACEs,