linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v2] net: ipv4: fix a memleak in ip_setup

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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 14:22:55 +0100
From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
To: Zhipeng Lu <alexious@....edu.cn>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] net: ipv4: fix a memleak in ip_setup_cork

On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 10:23 AM Zhipeng Lu <alexious@....edu.cn> wrote:
>
> When inetdev_valid_mtu fails, cork->opt should be freed if it is
> allocated in ip_setup_cork. Otherwise there could be a memleak.
>
> Fixes: 501a90c94510 ("inet: protect against too small mtu values.")
> Signed-off-by: Zhipeng Lu <alexious@....edu.cn>
> ---

Okay, although the changelog is a bit confusing, since we do not free
cork->opt anymore in V2...

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>