linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix leak of nested actions

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Message-Id: <164925061356.5679.9687443822548515643.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:10:13 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@....org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        dev@...nvswitch.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, pshelar@....org, tgraf@...g.ch,
        stgraber@...ntu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: openvswitch: fix leak of nested actions

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Mon,  4 Apr 2022 17:43:45 +0200 you wrote:
> While parsing user-provided actions, openvswitch module may dynamically
> allocate memory and store pointers in the internal copy of the actions.
> So this memory has to be freed while destroying the actions.
> 
> Currently there are only two such actions: ct() and set().  However,
> there are many actions that can hold nested lists of actions and
> ovs_nla_free_flow_actions() just jumps over them leaking the memory.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: openvswitch: fix leak of nested actions
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/1f30fb9166d4

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