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[net,v2,1/2] net/mlx5e: fix memory leak in mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create

Message ID 20230630014903.1082615-2-shaozhengchao@huawei.com (mailing list archive)
State Handled Elsewhere
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Series fix two memory leak issues for mlx5en driver | expand

Commit Message

Zhengchao Shao June 30, 2023, 1:49 a.m. UTC
The memory pointed to by the fs->any pointer is not freed in the error
path of mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create, which can lead to a memory leak.
Fix by freeing the memory in the error path, thereby making the error path
identical to mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_destroy().

Fixes: 0f575c20bf06 ("net/mlx5e: Introduce Flow Steering ANY API")
Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
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v2: update the 'any' member reference in fs to NULL before free fs_any
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Rahul Rameshbabu June 30, 2023, 3:18 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, 30 Jun, 2023 09:49:02 +0800 Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@huawei.com> wrote:
> The memory pointed to by the fs->any pointer is not freed in the error
> path of mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create, which can lead to a memory leak.
> Fix by freeing the memory in the error path, thereby making the error path
> identical to mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_destroy().
>
> Fixes: 0f575c20bf06 ("net/mlx5e: Introduce Flow Steering ANY API")
> Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
> ---
> v2: update the 'any' member reference in fs to NULL before free fs_any
> ---

Thank you for contributing.

Reviewed-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@nvidia.com>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
index 03cb79adf912..be83ad9db82a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/fs_tt_redirect.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@  int mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
 
 	err = fs_any_create_table(fs);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto err_free_any;
 
 	err = fs_any_enable(fs);
 	if (err)
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@  int mlx5e_fs_tt_redirect_any_create(struct mlx5e_flow_steering *fs)
 
 err_destroy_table:
 	fs_any_destroy_table(fs_any);
-
-	kfree(fs_any);
+err_free_any:
 	mlx5e_fs_set_any(fs, NULL);
+	kfree(fs_any);
 	return err;
 }