From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82ED3C28CC5 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 2019 00:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E76C2083E for ; Thu, 6 Jun 2019 00:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726645AbfFFAOu (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jun 2019 20:14:50 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:43128 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726532AbfFFAOt (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Jun 2019 20:14:49 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2288113AEF259; Wed, 5 Jun 2019 17:14:49 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 17:14:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20190605.171448.1980183910828510087.davem@davemloft.net> To: nhorman@tuxdriver.com Cc: linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org, syzbot+f7e9153b037eac9b1df8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com, marcelo.leitner@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] Fix memory leak in sctp_process_init From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20190603203259.21508-1-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> References: <00000000000097abb90589e804fd@google.com> <20190603203259.21508-1-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 05 Jun 2019 17:14:49 -0700 (PDT) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Neil Horman Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 16:32:59 -0400 > syzbot found the following leak in sctp_process_init > BUG: memory leak > unreferenced object 0xffff88810ef68400 (size 1024): ... > The problem was that the peer.cookie value points to an skb allocated > area on the first pass through this function, at which point it is > overwritten with a heap allocated value, but in certain cases, where a > COOKIE_ECHO chunk is included in the packet, a second pass through > sctp_process_init is made, where the cookie value is re-allocated, > leaking the first allocation. > > Fix is to always allocate the cookie value, and free it when we are done > using it. > > Signed-off-by: Neil Horman > Reported-by: syzbot+f7e9153b037eac9b1df8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Applied and queued up for -stable.