Re: [syzbot] [bpf?] memory leak in map_create

From: Edward Adam Davis
Date: Sun Nov 16 2025 - 09:33:36 EST


#syz test

diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 8a129746bd6c..aa0979e8de15 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,8 @@ static int map_create(union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr)
goto free_map;
}
} else if (attr->excl_prog_hash_size) {
- return -EINVAL;
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto free_map;
}

err = security_bpf_map_create(map, attr, token, uattr.is_kernel);