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From: syzbot <syzbot+3f2d46b6e62b8dd546d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] netrom: fix memory leak in nr_add_node()
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:40:15 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6969b31f.050a0220.58bed.003a.GAE@google.com> (raw)
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Subject: [PATCH] netrom: fix memory leak in nr_add_node()
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

When nr_add_node() creates a new neighbor but the route quality is too
low to be added (node already has 3 routes with better quality), the
newly allocated neighbor is never used but remains in the neighbor list
with refcount=1, causing a memory leak.

Also fix the same leak in the error path when nr_node allocation fails
after creating a new neighbor.

Fix by tracking whether a new neighbor was allocated and removing it
from the list if it was not used (count == 0) or on allocation failure.

Reported-by: syzbot+3f2d46b6e62b8dd546d3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3f2d46b6e62b8dd546d3
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
 net/netrom/nr_route.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netrom/nr_route.c b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
index b94cb2ffbaf8..a1591a8f8456 100644
--- a/net/netrom/nr_route.c
+++ b/net/netrom/nr_route.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static int __must_check nr_add_node(ax25_address *nr, const char *mnemonic,
 {
 	struct nr_node  *nr_node;
 	struct nr_neigh *nr_neigh;
+	bool new_neigh = false;
 	int i, found;
 	struct net_device *odev;
 
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ static int __must_check nr_add_node(ax25_address *nr, const char *mnemonic,
 			}
 		}
 
+		new_neigh = true;
 		spin_lock_bh(&nr_neigh_list_lock);
 		hlist_add_head(&nr_neigh->neigh_node, &nr_neigh_list);
 		nr_neigh_hold(nr_neigh);
@@ -183,8 +185,11 @@ static int __must_check nr_add_node(ax25_address *nr, const char *mnemonic,
 
 	if (nr_node == NULL) {
 		if ((nr_node = kmalloc(sizeof(*nr_node), GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL) {
-			if (nr_neigh)
+			if (nr_neigh) {
+				if (new_neigh)
+					nr_remove_neigh(nr_neigh);
 				nr_neigh_put(nr_neigh);
+			}
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
@@ -279,6 +284,9 @@ static int __must_check nr_add_node(ax25_address *nr, const char *mnemonic,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (new_neigh && nr_neigh->count == 0)
+		nr_remove_neigh(nr_neigh);
+
 	nr_neigh_put(nr_neigh);
 	nr_node_unlock(nr_node);
 	nr_node_put(nr_node);
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-16  3:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-15 20:04 [syzbot] [hams?] memory leak in nr_add_node syzbot
2026-01-16  2:19 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] netrom: fix memory leak in nr_add_node() syzbot
2026-01-16  3:40 ` syzbot [this message]
2026-01-16  7:42 ` syzbot
2026-01-16  8:28 ` syzbot
2026-01-16  8:59 ` syzbot
2026-01-16  9:39 ` syzbot
2026-01-16 12:51 ` syzbot
2026-01-17 14:26 ` Testing for netrom: fix memory leak in nr_add_node Prithvi Tambewagh
2026-01-17 17:00   ` [syzbot] [hams?] " syzbot
2026-01-19 21:06   ` Testing for netrom: fix " F6BVP
2026-01-20  3:37     ` David Ranch
2026-01-20 16:00       ` Prithvi
2026-01-20 21:02         ` F6BVP
2026-01-22 17:27           ` Prithvi

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