linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: sched: act

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 08:53:47 -0500
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: sched: act_ife: fix memory leak

In case memory resources for *p* are allocated, release them
before return.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1471714 ("Resource leak")
Fixes: 0190c1d452a9 ("net: sched: atomically check-allocate action")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
---
 net/sched/act_ife.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/act_ife.c b/net/sched/act_ife.c
index a3eef00..3d6e265 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_ife.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_ife.c
@@ -485,8 +485,10 @@ static int tcf_ife_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	err = tcf_idr_check_alloc(tn, &parm->index, a, bind);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		kfree(p);
 		return err;
+	}
 	exists = err;
 	if (exists && bind) {
 		kfree(p);
-- 
2.7.4