From: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
To: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>,
syzbot+72afd4c236e6bc3f4bac@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: bharathsm@microsoft.com, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ronniesahlberg@gmail.com,
samba-technical@lists.samba.org, sfrench@samba.org,
sprasad@microsoft.com, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com,
tom@talpey.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:30:46 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f25e47415998a9d9360ac87eca7292a2@manguebit.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tencent_5D8667DBC6ECD2FF464349ADEEFD2EE84C06@qq.com>
Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com> writes:
> The user calls fsconfig twice, but when the program exits, free() only
> frees ctx->source for the second fsconfig, not the first.
> Regarding fc->source, there is no code in the fs context related to its
> memory reclamation.
>
> To fix this memory leak, release the source memory corresponding to ctx
> or fc before each parsing.
>
> syzbot reported:
> BUG: memory leak
> unreferenced object 0xffff888128afa360 (size 96):
> backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba):
> kstrdup+0x3c/0x80 mm/util.c:84
> smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x229b/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1444
>
> BUG: memory leak
> unreferenced object 0xffff888112c7d900 (size 96):
> backtrace (crc 79c9c7ba):
> smb3_fs_context_fullpath+0x70/0x1b0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:629
> smb3_fs_context_parse_param+0x2266/0x36c0 fs/smb/client/fs_context.c:1438
>
> Reported-by: syzbot+72afd4c236e6bc3f4bac@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=72afd4c236e6bc3f4bac
> Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@qq.com>
> ---
> fs/smb/client/fs_context.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
Reviewed-by: Paulo Alcantara (Red Hat) <pc@manguebit.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-07 14:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-07 7:30 [syzbot] [cifs?] memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param syzbot
2025-11-07 12:48 ` Edward Adam Davis
2025-11-07 14:39 ` syzbot
2025-11-07 14:01 ` [PATCH] cifs: client: fix " Edward Adam Davis
2025-11-07 14:30 ` Paulo Alcantara [this message]
2025-11-07 23:22 ` Steve French
2025-11-08 4:28 ` Shyam Prasad N
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