netdev - missing kfree_skb(skb) in ipv6_frag

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Date:	Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:42:25 +0000
From:	"Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@...ing.com>
To:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: missing kfree_skb(skb) in ipv6_frag_rcv()?

Hello,

In the most recent kernel releases, in ./net/ipv6/reassembly.c,
I see the following code at the end of "ipv6_frag_rcv()":

+	IP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)), IPSTATS_MIB_REASMFAILS);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+	return -1;
+
+fail_hdr:
+	IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)), IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS);
+	icmpv6_param_prob(skb, ICMPV6_HDR_FIELD, skb_network_header_len(skb));
+	return -1;
+}

Perhaps I missed it, but I did not find anywhere that 'icmpv6_param_prob()'
frees the skb, and hence it appears that there is a missing kfree_skb()
in the above code. Is this a bug?

Thanks - Fred