linux-kernel - [ 23/73] ipv6-multicast: Fix memory leak in IPv6 multicast.

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Date:	Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:02:26 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [ 23/73] ipv6-multicast: Fix memory leak in IPv6 multicast.

3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------


From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>

[ Upstream commit 67928c4041606f02725f3c95c4c0404e4532df1b ]

If reg_vif_xmit cannot find a routing entry, be sure to
free the skb before returning the error.

Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6mr.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -696,8 +696,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t reg_vif_xmit(struct s
 	int err;
 
 	err = ip6mr_fib_lookup(net, &fl6, &mrt);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	read_lock(&mrt_lock);
 	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;


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