netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: fix memory leaks in ip_cmsg

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Date:	Sat, 13 Feb 2016 05:59:13 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	dvyukov@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: fix memory leaks in ip_cmsg_send() callers

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 06:23:28 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Dmitry reported memory leaks of IP options allocated in
> ip_cmsg_send() when/if this function returns an error.
> 
> Callers are responsible for the freeing.
> 
> Many thanks to Dmitry for the report and diagnostic.
> 
> Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.