From e0e8f1c8220c43bdf25cfb5622f6ab6947027fb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Herbert Xu Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:06:32 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [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 --- net/core/flow.c | 26 ++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c index d137f971f9..5d25697920 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(); -- 2.39.5