cifs: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param error path

[ Upstream commit 7e4d9120cf ]

Add proper cleanup of ctx->source and fc->source to the
cifs_parse_mount_err error handler. This ensures that memory allocated
for the source strings is correctly freed on all error paths, matching
the cleanup already performed in the success path by
smb3_cleanup_fs_context_contents().
Pointers are also set to NULL after freeing to prevent potential
double-free issues.

This change fixes a memory leak originally detected by syzbot. The
leak occurred when processing Opt_source mount options if an error
happened after ctx->source and fc->source were successfully
allocated but before the function completed.

The specific leak sequence was:
1. ctx->source = smb3_fs_context_fullpath(ctx, '/') allocates memory
2. fc->source = kstrdup(ctx->source, GFP_KERNEL) allocates more memory
3. A subsequent error jumps to cifs_parse_mount_err
4. The old error handler freed passwords but not the source strings,
causing the memory to leak.

This issue was not addressed by commit e8c73eb7db ("cifs: client:
fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param"), which only fixed
leaks from repeated fsconfig() calls but not this error path.

Patch updated with minor change suggested by kernel test robot

Reported-by: syzbot+87be6809ed9bf6d718e3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=87be6809ed9bf6d718e3
Fixes: 24e0a1eff9 ("cifs: switch to new mount api")
Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaurya Rane <ssrane_b23@ee.vjti.ac.in>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Shaurya Rane
2025-11-18 20:32:57 +05:30
committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent b942b5b269
commit 37010021d7

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@@ -1829,6 +1829,10 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
ctx->password = NULL;
kfree_sensitive(ctx->password2);
ctx->password2 = NULL;
kfree(ctx->source);
ctx->source = NULL;
kfree(fc->source);
fc->source = NULL;
return -EINVAL;
}