Re: [PATCH net v2] RDS: Fix memory leak in rds_rdma_extra_size()

From: Allison Henderson

Date: Mon Apr 13 2026 - 20:16:11 EST


On Mon, 2026-04-13 at 15:00 +0800, Xiaobo Liu wrote:
> Free iov->iov when copy_from_user() or page count validation fails
> in rds_rdma_extra_size().
>
> This preserves the existing success path and avoids leaking the
> allocated iovec array on error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaobo Liu <cppcoffee@xxxxxxxxx>

I think this looks good now. Thanks Xiaobo.
Reviewed-by: Allison Henderson <achender@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> net/rds/rdma.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/rds/rdma.c b/net/rds/rdma.c
> index aa6465dc7..91a20c1e2 100644
> --- a/net/rds/rdma.c
> +++ b/net/rds/rdma.c
> @@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ int rds_rdma_extra_size(struct rds_rdma_args *args,
> struct rds_iovec *vec;
> struct rds_iovec __user *local_vec;
> int tot_pages = 0;
> + int ret = 0;
> unsigned int nr_pages;
> unsigned int i;
>
> @@ -578,16 +579,20 @@ int rds_rdma_extra_size(struct rds_rdma_args *args,
> vec = &iov->iov[0];
>
> if (copy_from_user(vec, local_vec, args->nr_local *
> - sizeof(struct rds_iovec)))
> - return -EFAULT;
> + sizeof(struct rds_iovec))) {
> + ret = -EFAULT;
> + goto out;
> + }
> iov->len = args->nr_local;
>
> /* figure out the number of pages in the vector */
> for (i = 0; i < args->nr_local; i++, vec++) {
>
> nr_pages = rds_pages_in_vec(vec);
> - if (nr_pages == 0)
> - return -EINVAL;
> + if (nr_pages == 0) {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> tot_pages += nr_pages;
>
> @@ -595,11 +600,20 @@ int rds_rdma_extra_size(struct rds_rdma_args *args,
> * nr_pages for one entry is limited to (UINT_MAX>>PAGE_SHIFT)+1,
> * so tot_pages cannot overflow without first going negative.
> */
> - if (tot_pages < 0)
> - return -EINVAL;
> + if (tot_pages < 0) {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto out;
> + }
> }
>
> - return tot_pages * sizeof(struct scatterlist);
> + ret = tot_pages * sizeof(struct scatterlist);
> +
> +out:
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + kfree(iov->iov);
> + iov->iov = NULL;
> + }
> + return ret;
> }
>
> /*