[PATCH] ecryptfs: release message context on send failure

Yichong Chen <[email protected]> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:01:26 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.ecryptfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
---
 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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