Re: [PATCH][next] net/mlx5e: fix memory leak of tls

[Tariq Toukan]

On 6/30/2020 6:16 PM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The error return path when create_singlethread_workqueue fails currently
> does not kfree tls and leads to a memory leak. Fix this by kfree'ing
> tls before returning -ENOMEM.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
> Fixes: 1182f3659357 ("net/mlx5e: kTLS, Add kTLS RX HW offload support")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls.c | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls.c
> index 99beb928feff..fee991f5ee7c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/tls.c
> @@ -232,8 +232,10 @@ int mlx5e_tls_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
>   	tls->rx_wq = create_singlethread_workqueue("mlx5e_tls_rx");
> -	if (!tls->rx_wq)
> +	if (!tls->rx_wq) {
> +		kfree(tls);
>   		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
>   
>   	priv->tls = tls;
>   	return 0;

Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.