From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Cc: andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, kuba@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com, sln@onemain.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ixgbevf: fix xfrm_state reference leak in ixgbevf_ipsec_rx()
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:34:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921103459.GH13925@horms.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260917111418.2148632-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 11:14:18AM +0000, Wentao Liang wrote:
> ixgbevf_ipsec_find_rx_state() returns the state with an extra reference,
> which is handed over to the secpath on the success path. When
> secpath_set() fails, the state has not been stored anywhere yet and the
> reference is dropped on the floor.
>
> Release it before returning.
>
> Fixes: 0062e7cc955e0 ("ixgbevf: add VF IPsec offload code")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-21 10:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 11:14 [PATCH] ixgbevf: fix xfrm_state reference leak in ixgbevf_ipsec_rx() Wentao Liang
2026-09-21 10:34 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2026-10-06 8:12 ` Romanowski, Rafal
2026-09-21 15:29 ` Loktionov, Aleksandr
2026-10-06 8:06 ` Romanowski, Rafal
2026-09-30 0:47 ` Joe Damato
2026-10-06 8:02 ` Romanowski, Rafal
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