[lvc-project] [PATCH v2] tipc: stop tipc crypto on failure in tipc_node_create

Fedor Pchelkin pchelkin at ispras.ru
Wed Jul 26 00:46:25 MSK 2023


If tipc_link_bc_create() fails inside tipc_node_create() for a newly
allocated tipc node then we should stop its tipc crypto and free the
resources allocated with a call to tipc_crypto_start().

As the node ref is initialized to one to that point, just put the ref on
tipc_link_bc_create() error case that would lead to tipc_node_free() be
eventually executed and properly clean the node and its crypto resources.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).

Fixes: cb8092d70a6f ("tipc: move bc link creation back to tipc_node_create")
Suggested-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Fedor Pchelkin <pchelkin at ispras.ru>
---
v1->v2: simplify the patch per Xin Long's advice: putting the ref on error
case would solve the problem more conveniently; update the patch
description accordingly.

 net/tipc/node.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index 5e000fde8067..a9c5b6594889 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ struct tipc_node *tipc_node_create(struct net *net, u32 addr, u8 *peer_id,
 				 n->capabilities, &n->bc_entry.inputq1,
 				 &n->bc_entry.namedq, snd_l, &n->bc_entry.link)) {
 		pr_warn("Broadcast rcv link creation failed, no memory\n");
-		kfree(n);
+		tipc_node_put(n);
 		n = NULL;
 		goto exit;
 	}
-- 
2.41.0




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