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syzbot reports a memory leak in pppoe_sendmsg [1].
The problem is in the pppoe_recvmsg() function that handles errors
in the wrong order. For the skb_recv_datagram() function, check
the pointer to skb for NULL first, and then check the 'error' variable,
because the skb_recv_datagram() function can set 'error'
to -EAGAIN in a loop but return a correct pointer to socket buffer
after a number of attempts, though 'error' remains set to -EAGAIN.
skb_recv_datagram
__skb_recv_datagram // Loop. if (err == -EAGAIN) then
// go to the next loop iteration
__skb_try_recv_datagram // if (skb != NULL) then return 'skb'
// else if a signal is received then
// return -EAGAIN
Found by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center
(linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6bdfd184eac7709e5cc9 [1]
Fixes: 1da177e4c3 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: syzbot+6bdfd184eac7709e5cc9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6bdfd184eac7709e5cc9
Signed-off-by: Gavrilov Ilia <Ilia.Gavrilov@infotecs.ru>
Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240214085814.3894917-1-Ilia.Gavrilov@infotecs.ru
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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