netdev - [PATCH net] net: rtm_to_ifaddr: free ifa if ifa

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Date:	Fri,  2 Aug 2013 11:32:43 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: [PATCH net] net: rtm_to_ifaddr: free ifa if ifa_cacheinfo processing fails

Commit 5c766d642 ("ipv4: introduce address lifetime") leaves the ifa
resource that was allocated via inet_alloc_ifa() unfreed when returning
the function with -EINVAL. Thus, free it first via inet_free_ifa().

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
---
 net/ipv4/devinet.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 8d48c39..34ca6d5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		ci = nla_data(tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]);
 		if (!ci->ifa_valid || ci->ifa_prefered > ci->ifa_valid) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto errout;
+			goto errout_free;
 		}
 		*pvalid_lft = ci->ifa_valid;
 		*pprefered_lft = ci->ifa_prefered;
@@ -780,6 +780,8 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	return ifa;
 
+errout_free:
+	inet_free_ifa(ifa);
 errout:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
-- 
1.7.11.7

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