Re: [PATCH v3,net-next 2/2] ip6_gre: fix potential memory leak in ip6erspan_rcv

[David Miller]

From: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 10:07:01 +0800

> If md is NULL, tun_dst must be freed, otherwise it will cause memory
> leak.
> 
> Fixes: ef7baf5e083c ("ip6_gre: add ip6 erspan collect_md mode")
> Cc: William Tu <u9012063@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan <yanhaishuang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.

> @@ -550,8 +550,10 @@ static int ip6erspan_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, int gre_hdr_len,
>  
>  			info = &tun_dst->u.tun_info;
>  			md = ip_tunnel_info_opts(info);
> -			if (!md)
> +			if (!md) {
> +				dst_release((struct dst_entry *)tun_dst);
>  				return PACKET_REJECT;
> +			}
>  
>  			memcpy(md, pkt_md, sizeof(*md));

I agree with William that 'md' should never be NULL here, but that check existing
before your changes so removing it is a separate patch altogether.