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Date:   Mon, 15 Aug 2022 10:46:29 +0800
From:   Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>,
        <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC:     <idosch@...dia.com>, <petrm@...dia.com>,
        <florent.fourcot@...irst.fr>, <razor@...ckwall.org>,
        <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>, <yuehaibing@...wei.com>,
        <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: rtnetlink: fix module reference count leak issue in rtnetlink_rcv_msg

When bulk delete command is received in the rtnetlink_rcv_msg function,
if bulk delete is not supported, module_put is not called to release
the reference counting. As a result, module reference count is leaked.

Fixes: a6cec0bcd342("net: rtnetlink: add bulk delete support flag")
Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index ac45328607f7..4b5b15c684ed 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -6070,6 +6070,7 @@ static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (kind == RTNL_KIND_DEL && (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_BULK) &&
 	    !(flags & RTNL_FLAG_BULK_DEL_SUPPORTED)) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Bulk delete is not supported");
+		module_put(owner);
 		goto err_unlock;
 	}
 
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