Re: [PATCH] crypto: fix a memory leak in sm2

From: Greg KH
Date: Mon May 31 2021 - 12:54:20 EST


On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 09:26:51PM +0800, Hongbo Li wrote:
> From: Hongbo Li <herberthbli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> SM2 module alloc ec->Q in sm2_set_pub_key(), when doing alg test in
> test_akcipher_one(), it will set public key for every test vector,
> and don't free ec->Q. This will cause a memory leak.
>
> This patch alloc ec->Q in sm2_ec_ctx_init().
>
> Fixes: ea7ecb66440b ("crypto: sm2 - introduce OSCCA SM2 asymmetric cipher algorithm")
> Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li <herberthbli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> crypto/sm2.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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