Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 15:53:24 -0600 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org> To: mouss <usebsd@free.fr> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipfw/dummy: memory leak or what? Message-ID: <20001204155324.J75794@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.0.20001204204204.04b31e90@pop.free.fr>; from usebsd@free.fr on Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 08:48:38PM %2B0100 References: <4.3.0.20001204204204.04b31e90@pop.free.fr>
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On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 08:48:38PM +0100, mouss wrote:
> while looking at the ip_input code, and more particularly at the dummy net
> stuff
> in the start, I saw the
> m = m->m_next;
>
> given that m is supposed to be freed wen delivered, I don't see when is the
> dummy
> net mbuf (the one containing the rule, and that is skipped by the ->m_next
> above)
> will be freed.
> Is this a memory leak opprotunity or am I missing something?
that line of code occurs 1328408120847192384719238128401382 times in the net
code. you might want to give some context to what you're trying to say.
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