[PATCH] bpf: Plug a potential exclusive map memory leak
From: Edward Adam Davis
Date: Sun Nov 16 2025 - 09:59:46 EST
When excl_prog_hash is 0 and excl_prog_hash_size is non-zero, the map also
needs to be freed. Otherwise, the map memory will not be reclaimed, just
like the memory leak problem reported by syzbot [1].
syzbot reported:
BUG: memory leak
backtrace (crc 7b9fb9b4):
map_create+0x322/0x11e0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1512
__sys_bpf+0x3556/0x3610 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:6131
Fixes: baefdbdf6812 ("bpf: Implement exclusive map creation")
Reported-by: syzbot+cf08c551fecea9fd1320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=cf08c551fecea9fd1320
Tested-by: syzbot+cf08c551fecea9fd1320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@xxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/syscall.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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);
--
2.43.0