netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: fix percpu memory leak at nf_tables

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:17:34 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc:     Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: fix percpu memory leak at
 nf_tables_addchain()

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 10:58:51PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> It seems to me that percpu memory for chain stats started leaking since
> commit 3bc158f8d0330f0a ("netfilter: nf_tables: map basechain priority to
> hardware priority") when nft_chain_offload_priority() returned an error.

Patch also LGTM. Thanks.

> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Fixes: 3bc158f8d0330f0a ("netfilter: nf_tables: map basechain priority to hardware priority")
> ---
> The "netfilter: nf_tables: fix nft_counters_enabled underflow at nf_tables_addchain()" made
> me wonder where free_percpu() is called when nft_basechain_init() returned an error. But I
> don't know whether this patch is correct. Please check carefully.
>
>  net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
> index e062754dc6cc..63c70141b3e5 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
> @@ -2243,6 +2243,7 @@ static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 genmask,
>  		if (err < 0) {
>  			nft_chain_release_hook(&hook);
>  			kfree(basechain);
> +			free_percpu(stats);
>  			return err;
>  		}
>  		if (stats)
> -- 
> 2.18.4