netdev - [PATCH] netfilter: ipvs: fix dst leak in __ip_vs_addr_is_local

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:58:23 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wensong Zhang <wensong@...ux-vs.org>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: ipvs: fix dst leak in __ip_vs_addr_is_local_v6

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

After call to ip6_route_output() we must release dst or we leak it.

Also should test dst->error, as ip6_route_output() never returns NULL.

Use boolean while we are at it.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
---
 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c |   14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
index dd811b8..d43e3c1 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ static void __ip_vs_del_service(struct ip_vs_service *svc);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6
 /* Taken from rt6_fill_node() in net/ipv6/route.c, is there a better way? */
-static int __ip_vs_addr_is_local_v6(struct net *net,
-				    const struct in6_addr *addr)
+static bool __ip_vs_addr_is_local_v6(struct net *net,
+				     const struct in6_addr *addr)
 {
-	struct rt6_info *rt;
 	struct flowi6 fl6 = {
 		.daddr = *addr,
 	};
+	struct dst_entry *dst = ip6_route_output(net, NULL, &fl6);
+	bool is_local;
 
-	rt = (struct rt6_info *)ip6_route_output(net, NULL, &fl6);
-	if (rt && rt->dst.dev && (rt->dst.dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
-		return 1;
+	is_local = !dst->error && dst->dev && (dst->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK);
 
-	return 0;
+	dst_release(dst);
+	return is_local;
 }
 #endif
 


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