netdev - [PATCH] Net, mac80211: Fix resource leak in ieee80211_rx_h_mesh

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Date:	Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:52:17 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH] Net, mac80211: Fix resource leak in
 ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding()

We may leak the 'fwd_skb' we skb_copy() in ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding() if 
we take the 'else' branch in the 'if' statement just below. If we take 
that branch we'll end up returning from the function and since we've not 
assigned 'fwd_skb' to anything at that point, we leak it when the variable 
goes out of scope.

The simple fix seems to be to just kfree_skb(fwd_skb); just before we
return. That is what this patch does.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 net/mac80211/rx.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

 note: patch is only compile tested.

diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index f407427..7514091 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1979,6 +1979,7 @@ ieee80211_rx_h_mesh_fwding(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 		mesh_path_error_tx(ifmsh->mshcfg.element_ttl, fwd_hdr->addr3,
 				    0, reason, fwd_hdr->addr2, sdata);
 		IEEE80211_IFSTA_MESH_CTR_INC(ifmsh, dropped_frames_no_route);
+		kfree_skb(fwd_skb);
 		return RX_DROP_MONITOR;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.8.3


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