netdev - [PATCH] xfrm: Fix xfrm_state

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Date:	Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:28:56 +0100
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@...unet.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] xfrm: Fix xfrm_state_migrate leak

From: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@...unet.com>

xfrm_state_migrate calls kfree instead of xfrm_state_put to free
a failed state. According to git commit 553f9118 this can cause
memory leaks.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@...unet.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index eb96ce5..220ebc0 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ struct xfrm_state * xfrm_state_migrate(struct xfrm_state *x,
 
 	return xc;
 error:
-	kfree(xc);
+	xfrm_state_put(xc);
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(xfrm_state_migrate);
-- 
1.7.0.4

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