[PATCH] ecryptfs: release message context on send failure
From: Yichong Chen
Date: Sat Jun 27 2026 - 05:02:21 EST
ecryptfs_send_message_locked() moves a message context from the free
list to the allocated list before sending the request to the userspace
daemon.
If ecryptfs_send_miscdev() fails, the context is left on the
allocated list and cannot be reused. Move it back to the free list on
failure and clear the caller's pointer.
Fixes: 624ae5284516 ("eCryptfs: remove netlink transport")
Signed-off-by: Yichong Chen <chenyichong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
index 03c60f0850ca..d53c21e82365 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c
@@ -284,9 +284,16 @@ ecryptfs_send_message_locked(char *data, int data_len, u8 msg_type,
mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
rc = ecryptfs_send_miscdev(data, data_len, *msg_ctx, msg_type, 0,
daemon);
- if (rc)
+ if (rc) {
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error attempting to send message to "
"userspace daemon; rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc);
+ mutex_lock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
+ mutex_lock(&(*msg_ctx)->mux);
+ ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free(*msg_ctx);
+ mutex_unlock(&(*msg_ctx)->mux);
+ mutex_unlock(&ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux);
+ *msg_ctx = NULL;
+ }
out:
return rc;
}
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2.51.0