ipv6: sr: fix memleak in seg6_hmac_init_algo
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: fix memleak in seg6_hmac_init_algo seg6_hmac_init_algo returns without cleaning up the previous allocations if one fails, so it's going to leak all that memory and the crypto tfms. Update seg6_hmac_exit to only free the memory when allocated, so we can reuse the code directly.
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afd5730969aec960a2fee4e5ee839a6014643976
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a3fcf53725b70010d1cf869a2ba549fed6b8fb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daf341e0a2318b813427d5a78788c86f4a7f02be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61d31ac85b4572d11f8071855c0ccb4f32d76c0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/599a5654215092ac22bfc453f4fd3959c55ea821
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e44d6cbe8de983470c3d2f978649783384fdcb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6a99ef4e056c20a138a95cc51332b2b96c8f383
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efb9f4f19f8e37fde43dfecebc80292d179f56c6
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