netdev - [PATCH net] net: sched: fix unbalance in the error path of tca_action

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Date:   Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:50:57 +0100
From:   Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net: sched: fix unbalance in the error path of tca_action_flush()

When tca_action_flush() calls the action walk() and gets an error,
a successful call to nla_nest_start() is not followed by a call to
nla_nest_cancel(). It's harmless, as the skb is freed in the error
path - but it's worth to fix this unbalance.

Signed-off-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
---
 net/sched/act_api.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index eba6682727dd..43f4991b7777 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -938,8 +938,10 @@ static int tca_action_flush(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 		goto out_module_put;
 
 	err = ops->walk(net, skb, &dcb, RTM_DELACTION, ops);
-	if (err <= 0)
+	if (err <= 0) {
+		nla_nest_cancel(skb, nest);
 		goto out_module_put;
+	}
 
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 
-- 
2.14.3