netdev - [PATCH 10/11] af_key: Fix memory leak in key_notify

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Date:   Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:37:45 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 10/11] af_key: Fix memory leak in key_notify_policy.

We leak the allocated out_skb in case
pfkey_xfrm_policy2msg() fails. Fix this
by freeing it on error.

Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/key/af_key.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index d40861a048fe..7e2e7188e7f4 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -2202,8 +2202,10 @@ static int key_notify_policy(struct xfrm_policy *xp, int dir, const struct km_ev
 		return PTR_ERR(out_skb);
 
 	err = pfkey_xfrm_policy2msg(out_skb, xp, dir);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		kfree_skb(out_skb);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	out_hdr = (struct sadb_msg *) out_skb->data;
 	out_hdr->sadb_msg_version = PF_KEY_V2;
-- 
2.14.1