tree 15b605ed4614c49cded34bf87f568ecb1fb3403e
parent 8bbceba7dc5090c00105e006ce28d1292cfda8dd
author Qingfang Deng <dqfext@gmail.com> 1756894046 +0800
committer Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> 1756995948 -0700

ppp: fix memory leak in pad_compress_skb

If alloc_skb() fails in pad_compress_skb(), it returns NULL without
releasing the old skb. The caller does:

    skb = pad_compress_skb(ppp, skb);
    if (!skb)
        goto drop;

drop:
    kfree_skb(skb);

When pad_compress_skb() returns NULL, the reference to the old skb is
lost and kfree_skb(skb) ends up doing nothing, leading to a memory leak.

Align pad_compress_skb() semantics with realloc(): only free the old
skb if allocation and compression succeed.  At the call site, use the
new_skb variable so the original skb is not lost when pad_compress_skb()
fails.

Fixes: b3f9b92a6ec1 ("[PPP]: add PPP MPPE encryption module")
Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Yue Haibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250903100726.269839-1-dqfext@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>