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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org, chuck.lever@oracle.com
Cc: Xingjing Deng <micro6947@gmail.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
	linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: FAILED: Patch "SUNRPC: auth_gss: fix memory leaks in XDR decoding error paths" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:35:06 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260301013506.1694676-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 3e6397b056335cc56ef0e9da36c95946a19f5118 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:15:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] SUNRPC: auth_gss: fix memory leaks in XDR decoding error
 paths

The gssx_dec_ctx(), gssx_dec_status(), and gssx_dec_name()
functions allocate memory via gssx_dec_buffer(), which calls
kmemdup(). When a subsequent decode operation fails, these
functions return immediately without freeing previously
allocated buffers, causing memory leaks.

The leak in gssx_dec_ctx() is particularly relevant because
the caller (gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall) initializes several
buffer length fields to non-zero values, resulting in memory
allocation:

    struct gssx_ctx rctxh = {
        .exported_context_token.len = GSSX_max_output_handle_sz,
        .mech.len = GSS_OID_MAX_LEN,
        .src_name.display_name.len = GSSX_max_princ_sz,
        .targ_name.display_name.len = GSSX_max_princ_sz
    };

If, for example, gssx_dec_name() succeeds for src_name but
fails for targ_name, the memory allocated for
exported_context_token, mech, and src_name.display_name
remains unreferenced and cannot be reclaimed.

Add error handling with goto-based cleanup to free any
previously allocated buffers before returning an error.

Reported-by: Xingjing Deng <micro6947@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/CAK+ZN9qttsFDu6h1FoqGadXjMx1QXqPMoYQ=6O9RY4SxVTvKng@mail.gmail.com/
Fixes: 1d658336b05f ("SUNRPC: Add RPC based upcall mechanism for RPCGSS auth")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
index 7d2cdc2bd374e..f320c0a8e6049 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_rpc_xdr.c
@@ -320,29 +320,47 @@ static int gssx_dec_status(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 
 	/* status->minor_status */
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 8);
-	if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-		return -ENOSPC;
+	if (unlikely(p == NULL)) {
+		err = -ENOSPC;
+		goto out_free_mech;
+	}
 	p = xdr_decode_hyper(p, &status->minor_status);
 
 	/* status->major_status_string */
 	err = gssx_dec_buffer(xdr, &status->major_status_string);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_mech;
 
 	/* status->minor_status_string */
 	err = gssx_dec_buffer(xdr, &status->minor_status_string);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_major_status_string;
 
 	/* status->server_ctx */
 	err = gssx_dec_buffer(xdr, &status->server_ctx);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_minor_status_string;
 
 	/* we assume we have no options for now, so simply consume them */
 	/* status->options */
 	err = dummy_dec_opt_array(xdr, &status->options);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_free_server_ctx;
 
+	return 0;
+
+out_free_server_ctx:
+	kfree(status->server_ctx.data);
+	status->server_ctx.data = NULL;
+out_free_minor_status_string:
+	kfree(status->minor_status_string.data);
+	status->minor_status_string.data = NULL;
+out_free_major_status_string:
+	kfree(status->major_status_string.data);
+	status->major_status_string.data = NULL;
+out_free_mech:
+	kfree(status->mech.data);
+	status->mech.data = NULL;
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -505,28 +523,35 @@ static int gssx_dec_name(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	/* name->name_type */
 	err = gssx_dec_buffer(xdr, &dummy_netobj);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_display_name;
 
 	/* name->exported_name */
 	err = gssx_dec_buffer(xdr, &dummy_netobj);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_display_name;
 
 	/* name->exported_composite_name */
 	err = gssx_dec_buffer(xdr, &dummy_netobj);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_display_name;
 
 	/* we assume we have no attributes for now, so simply consume them */
 	/* name->name_attributes */
 	err = dummy_dec_nameattr_array(xdr, &dummy_name_attr_array);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_display_name;
 
 	/* we assume we have no options for now, so simply consume them */
 	/* name->extensions */
 	err = dummy_dec_opt_array(xdr, &dummy_option_array);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_free_display_name;
 
+	return 0;
+
+out_free_display_name:
+	kfree(name->display_name.data);
+	name->display_name.data = NULL;
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -649,32 +674,34 @@ static int gssx_dec_ctx(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	/* ctx->state */
 	err = gssx_dec_buffer(xdr, &ctx->state);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_exported_context_token;
 
 	/* ctx->need_release */
 	err = gssx_dec_bool(xdr, &ctx->need_release);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_state;
 
 	/* ctx->mech */
 	err = gssx_dec_buffer(xdr, &ctx->mech);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_state;
 
 	/* ctx->src_name */
 	err = gssx_dec_name(xdr, &ctx->src_name);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_mech;
 
 	/* ctx->targ_name */
 	err = gssx_dec_name(xdr, &ctx->targ_name);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_src_name;
 
 	/* ctx->lifetime */
 	p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr, 8+8);
-	if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-		return -ENOSPC;
+	if (unlikely(p == NULL)) {
+		err = -ENOSPC;
+		goto out_free_targ_name;
+	}
 	p = xdr_decode_hyper(p, &ctx->lifetime);
 
 	/* ctx->ctx_flags */
@@ -683,17 +710,36 @@ static int gssx_dec_ctx(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 	/* ctx->locally_initiated */
 	err = gssx_dec_bool(xdr, &ctx->locally_initiated);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_targ_name;
 
 	/* ctx->open */
 	err = gssx_dec_bool(xdr, &ctx->open);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto out_free_targ_name;
 
 	/* we assume we have no options for now, so simply consume them */
 	/* ctx->options */
 	err = dummy_dec_opt_array(xdr, &ctx->options);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_free_targ_name;
+
+	return 0;
 
+out_free_targ_name:
+	kfree(ctx->targ_name.display_name.data);
+	ctx->targ_name.display_name.data = NULL;
+out_free_src_name:
+	kfree(ctx->src_name.display_name.data);
+	ctx->src_name.display_name.data = NULL;
+out_free_mech:
+	kfree(ctx->mech.data);
+	ctx->mech.data = NULL;
+out_free_state:
+	kfree(ctx->state.data);
+	ctx->state.data = NULL;
+out_free_exported_context_token:
+	kfree(ctx->exported_context_token.data);
+	ctx->exported_context_token.data = NULL;
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.51.0





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