linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.2 08/67] af_unix: fix struct pid memory leak

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:24:39 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@...ileactivedefense.com>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.2 08/67] af_unix: fix struct pid memory leak

On Tue, 2016-02-23 at 22:07 +0000, Rainer Weikusat wrote:
> Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk> writes:
> > 3.2.78-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> > 
> > ------------------
> > 
> > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> > 
> > commit fa0dc04df259ba2df3ce1920e9690c7842f8fa4b upstream.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Fixes: b3ca9b02b007 ("net: fix multithreaded signal handling in unix recv routines")
> 
> [...]
> 
> >  net/unix/af_unix.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > --- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
> > +++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
> > @@ -2100,6 +2100,7 @@ static int unix_stream_recvmsg(struct ki
> >  
> >  			if (signal_pending(current)) {
> >  				err = sock_intr_errno(timeo);
> > +				scm_destroy(siocb->scm);
> >  				goto out;
> >  			}
> 
> JFTR: The commit mentioned in the fixes is (just the relevant part)
[...]
> This not only didn't add the block triggering the error but this change
> isn't even part of the (version of) the function which was fixed
> anymore.

Yes, it looks like the bug was really introduced way back in 2.5.65 by
"[NET]: Simplify scm handling and sendmsg/recvmsg invocation,
consolidate net compat syscalls."

So I think this is also needed for 2.6.32.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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