[PATCH] dm-inlinecrypt: Fix an error handling path in inlinecrypt_ctr()
Christophe JAILLET <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:33:03 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.kernel-janitors,dev.linux.lists.dm-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <2b6e6b71e66fbe90c75791669a9e16a36b48f7f6.1781983971.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> |
All error handling paths, except but this one, branch to the 'bad' label in
the error handling path.
If not done, there is a memory leak and some sensitive data may be kept
around.
So, fix this error path and also do the needed clean-up.
Fixes: e7f57d2c47e2 ("dm-inlinecrypt: add target for inline block device encryption")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <[email protected]>
---
Compile tested only
---
drivers/md/dm-inlinecrypt.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-inlinecrypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-inlinecrypt.c
index be1b4aa8f28b..bb4ded4757d1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-inlinecrypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-inlinecrypt.c
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ static int inlinecrypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
err = get_key_size(&argv[1]);
if (err < 0) {
ti->error = "Cannot parse key size";
- return -EINVAL;
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto bad;
}
ctx->key_size = err;
--
2.54.0