Re: [net] xfrm_user: use xfrm_state_put to free xfrm_state_alloc return value

From: Steffen Klassert
Date: Tue Nov 27 2018 - 02:55:53 EST


On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 10:43:21PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 09:09:23PM +0100, Mathias Krause wrote:
> >
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> >
> > Subject: [PATCH] xfrm_user: fix freeing of xfrm states on acquire
> >
> > Commit 565f0fa902b6 ("xfrm: use a dedicated slab cache for struct
> > xfrm_state") moved xfrm state objects to use their own slab cache.
> > However, it missed to adapt xfrm_user to use this new cache when
> > freeing xfrm states.
> >
> > Fix this by introducing and make use of a new helper for freeing
> > xfrm_state objects.
> >
> > Fixes: 565f0fa902b6 ("xfrm: use a dedicated slab cache for struct xfrm_state")
> > Reported-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.18+
> > Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks everyone!