From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Malaya Kumar Rout <malayarout91@gmail.com>
Cc: andrii@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, martin.lau@linux.dev,
ast@kernel.org, eddyz87@gmail.com, memxor@gmail.com,
song@kernel.org, yonghong.song@linux.dev, jolsa@kernel.org,
emil@etsalapatis.com, shuah@kernel.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] selftests/bpf: Fix memory leak in msg_alloc_iov error path
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2026 19:30:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178336620988.1174442.12823379964255859491.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260704122936.102394-1-malayarout91@gmail.com>
Hello:
This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (master)
by Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi <memxor@gmail.com>:
On Sat, 4 Jul 2026 17:59:35 +0530 you wrote:
> In msg_alloc_iov(), when calloc() fails for an individual iov_base
> allocation, the error path frees all previously allocated iov_base
> entries but fails to free the iov array itself that was allocated
> with calloc() at the beginning of the function. This results in a
> memory leak of the iov array.
>
> Add free(iov) in the unwind_iov error path to ensure proper cleanup
> of all allocated memory.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [v2] selftests/bpf: Fix memory leak in msg_alloc_iov error path
https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/07c1b07d3871
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-04 11:10 [PATCH] selftests/bpf: Fix memory leak in msg_alloc_iov error path Malaya Kumar Rout
2026-07-04 11:47 ` bot+bpf-ci
2026-07-04 12:29 ` [PATCH v2] " Malaya Kumar Rout
2026-07-06 16:04 ` Emil Tsalapatis
2026-07-06 19:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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