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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bnx2x: Fix mem leak in bnx2x_tpa_stop() if build_skb() fails.
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On Mon, 2012-02-06 at 23:53 +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le lundi 06 février 2012 à 22:28 +0100, Jesper Juhl a écrit :
> > We allocate memory for 'new_data' with kmalloc(). If we get the memory
> > we then try to build_skb() and if that should fail (which it can) we
> > do not enter 'if (likely(skb)) {' and actually use 'new_data' but
> > instead fall through to the 'drop:' label and end up returning from
> > the function without ever assigning 'new'data' to anything or freeing
> > it. That leaks the memory allocated to 'new_data'.
> >
> > This patch fixes the memory leak by doing a kfree(new_data) in the
> > case where build_skb() fails (or where allocation of 'new_data' itself
> > fails, but in taht case it's just a harmless kfree(NULL)).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c | 3 +--
> > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > No hardware to test, so compile tested only.
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
> > index 03f3935..7aee469 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
> > @@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ static void bnx2x_tpa_stop(struct bnx2x *bp, struct bnx2x_fastpath *fp,
> > skb = build_skb(data);
> >
> > if (likely(skb)) {
> > -
> > #ifdef BNX2X_STOP_ON_ERROR
> > if (pad + len > fp->rx_buf_size) {
> > BNX2X_ERR("skb_put is about to fail... "
> > @@ -557,7 +556,7 @@ static void bnx2x_tpa_stop(struct bnx2x *bp, struct bnx2x_fastpath *fp,
> >
> > return;
> > }
> > -
> > + kfree(new_data);
> > drop:
> > /* drop the packet and keep the buffer in the bin */
> > DP(NETIF_MSG_RX_STATUS,
> > --
> > 1.7.9
> >
> >
>
> Good catch, my bad.
>
> Thanks
>
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Indeed - nice catch. Thanks Jesper.

Acked-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com>





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