From: Herbert Xu Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:06:32 +0000 (-0800) Subject: [IPSEC] flow: Fix potential memory leak X-Git-Tag: v2.6.20-rc6~5^2~21 X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e0e8f1c8220c43bdf25cfb5622f6ab6947027fb1;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git [IPSEC] flow: Fix potential memory leak When old flow cache entries that are not at the head of their chain trigger a transient security error they get unlinked along with all the entries preceding them in the chain. The preceding entries are not freed correctly. This patch fixes this by simply leaving the entry around. It's based on a suggestion by Venkat Yekkirala. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c index d137f971f97..5d25697920b 100644 --- a/net/core/flow.c +++ b/net/core/flow.c @@ -231,22 +231,16 @@ nocache: err = resolver(key, family, dir, &obj, &obj_ref); - if (fle) { - if (err) { - /* Force security policy check on next lookup */ - *head = fle->next; - flow_entry_kill(cpu, fle); - } else { - fle->genid = atomic_read(&flow_cache_genid); - - if (fle->object) - atomic_dec(fle->object_ref); - - fle->object = obj; - fle->object_ref = obj_ref; - if (obj) - atomic_inc(fle->object_ref); - } + if (fle && !err) { + fle->genid = atomic_read(&flow_cache_genid); + + if (fle->object) + atomic_dec(fle->object_ref); + + fle->object = obj; + fle->object_ref = obj_ref; + if (obj) + atomic_inc(fle->object_ref); } local_bh_enable();