[PATCH bpf 1/1] bpf: Fix insn_aux_data leak on verifier err_free_env path
From: KaFai Wan
Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 08:38:34 EST
When bpf_check() allocates env->insn_aux_data successfully but later
fails to allocate env->succ, it jumps directly to err_free_env.
The existing vfree(env->insn_aux_data) sits before the err_free_env
label, so that direct jump bypasses it and leaks insn_aux_data.
Move vfree(env->insn_aux_data) into err_free_env so all early and late
exit paths release it consistently.
Fixes: 2f69c5685427 ("bpf: make bpf_insn_successors to return a pointer")
Signed-off-by: KaFai Wan <kafai.wan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 21a365d436a5..3ccea8985946 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -19994,13 +19994,13 @@ int bpf_check(struct bpf_prog **prog, union bpf_attr *attr, bpfptr_t uattr,
if (!is_priv)
mutex_unlock(&bpf_verifier_lock);
bpf_clear_insn_aux_data(env, 0, env->prog->len);
- vfree(env->insn_aux_data);
err_free_env:
bpf_stack_liveness_free(env);
kvfree(env->cfg.insn_postorder);
kvfree(env->scc_info);
kvfree(env->succ);
kvfree(env->gotox_tmp_buf);
+ vfree(env->insn_aux_data);
kvfree(env);
return ret;
}
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2.43.0