[PATCH net] ppp: fix memory leak in pad_compress_skb
Qingfang Deng <[email protected]> Wed, 3 Sep 2025 18:07:26 +0800
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.ppp,gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
If alloc_skb() fails in pad_compress_skb(), it returns NULL without
releasing the old skb. The caller does:
skb = pad_compress_skb(ppp, skb);
if (!skb)
goto drop;
drop:
kfree_skb(skb);
When pad_compress_skb() returns NULL, the reference to the old skb is
lost and kfree_skb(skb) ends up doing nothing, leading to a memory leak.
Align pad_compress_skb() semantics with realloc(): only free the old
skb if allocation and compression succeed. At the call site, use the
new_skb variable so the original skb is not lost when pad_compress_skb()
fails.
Fixes: b3f9b92a6ec1 ("[PPP]: add PPP MPPE encryption module")
Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index 65795d099166..f9f0f16c41d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1744,7 +1744,6 @@ pad_compress_skb(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
*/
if (net_ratelimit())
netdev_err(ppp->dev, "ppp: compressor dropped pkt\n");
- kfree_skb(skb);
consume_skb(new_skb);
new_skb = NULL;
}
@@ -1845,9 +1844,10 @@ ppp_send_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
"down - pkt dropped.\n");
goto drop;
}
- skb = pad_compress_skb(ppp, skb);
- if (!skb)
+ new_skb = pad_compress_skb(ppp, skb);
+ if (!new_skb)
goto drop;
+ skb = new_skb;
}
/*
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