[PATCHv2] sctp: fix /proc/net/sctp/ memory leak

Subsystems: networking [general], sctp protocol, the rest

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[PATCHv2] sctp: fix /proc/net/sctp/ memory leak

From: Tommi Rantala <hidden>
Date: 2012-11-15 13:49:33

Commit 13d782f ("sctp: Make the proc files per network namespace.")
changed the /proc/net/sctp/ struct file_operations opener functions to
use single_open_net() and seq_open_net().

Avoid leaking memory by using single_release_net() and seq_release_net()
as the release functions.

Discovered with Trinity (the syscall fuzzer).

Signed-off-by: Tommi Rantala <redacted>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <redacted>
---
 net/sctp/proc.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/sctp/proc.c b/net/sctp/proc.c
index c3bea26..9966e7b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/proc.c
+++ b/net/sctp/proc.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static const struct file_operations sctp_snmp_seq_fops = {
 	.open	 = sctp_snmp_seq_open,
 	.read	 = seq_read,
 	.llseek	 = seq_lseek,
-	.release = single_release,
+	.release = single_release_net,
 };
 
 /* Set up the proc fs entry for 'snmp' object. */
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static const struct file_operations sctp_eps_seq_fops = {
 	.open	 = sctp_eps_seq_open,
 	.read	 = seq_read,
 	.llseek	 = seq_lseek,
-	.release = seq_release,
+	.release = seq_release_net,
 };
 
 /* Set up the proc fs entry for 'eps' object. */
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static const struct file_operations sctp_assocs_seq_fops = {
 	.open	 = sctp_assocs_seq_open,
 	.read	 = seq_read,
 	.llseek	 = seq_lseek,
-	.release = seq_release,
+	.release = seq_release_net,
 };
 
 /* Set up the proc fs entry for 'assocs' object. */
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static const struct file_operations sctp_remaddr_seq_fops = {
 	.open = sctp_remaddr_seq_open,
 	.read = seq_read,
 	.llseek = seq_lseek,
-	.release = seq_release,
+	.release = seq_release_net,
 };
 
 int __net_init sctp_remaddr_proc_init(struct net *net)
-- 
1.7.9.5

Re: [PATCHv2] sctp: fix /proc/net/sctp/ memory leak

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2012-11-15 18:56:29

From: Tommi Rantala <redacted>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:49:05 +0200
Commit 13d782f ("sctp: Make the proc files per network namespace.")
changed the /proc/net/sctp/ struct file_operations opener functions to
use single_open_net() and seq_open_net().

Avoid leaking memory by using single_release_net() and seq_release_net()
as the release functions.

Discovered with Trinity (the syscall fuzzer).

Signed-off-by: Tommi Rantala <redacted>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Applied.

Re: [PATCHv2] sctp: fix /proc/net/sctp/ memory leak

From: Eric W. Biederman <hidden>
Date: 2012-11-15 21:48:59

Tommi Rantala [off-list ref] writes:
Commit 13d782f ("sctp: Make the proc files per network namespace.")
changed the /proc/net/sctp/ struct file_operations opener functions to
use single_open_net() and seq_open_net().

Avoid leaking memory by using single_release_net() and seq_release_net()
as the release functions.

Discovered with Trinity (the syscall fuzzer).
Doh!  Thanks for catching this.

Eric
-	.release = single_release,
+	.release = single_release_net,
 };
-	.release = seq_release,
+	.release = seq_release_net,
 };
 
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