[PATCH] tipc: fix memory leak in tipc_nl_compat_publ_dump

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Sat Jan 05 2019 - 11:57:57 EST


There is a memory leak in case genlmsg_put fails.

Fix this by freeing *args* before return.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1476406 ("Resource leak")
Fixes: 46273cf7e009 ("tipc: fix a missing check of genlmsg_put")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/tipc/netlink_compat.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index 40f5cae623a7..77e4b2418f30 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -904,8 +904,10 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_publ_dump(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg, u32 sock)

hdr = genlmsg_put(args, 0, 0, &tipc_genl_family, NLM_F_MULTI,
TIPC_NL_PUBL_GET);
- if (!hdr)
+ if (!hdr) {
+ kfree_skb(args);
return -EMSGSIZE;
+ }

nest = nla_nest_start(args, TIPC_NLA_SOCK);
if (!nest) {
--
2.20.1