linux-kernel - [67/74] ipv6: fix bad free of addrconf_init

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Message-ID: <lsq.1365374743.145534820@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:45:43 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Hong Zhiguo" <honkiko@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [67/74] ipv6: fix bad free of addrconf_init_net

3.2.43-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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

From: Hong Zhiguo <honkiko@...il.com>

[ Upstream commit a79ca223e029aa4f09abb337accf1812c900a800 ]

Signed-off-by: Hong Zhiguo <honkiko@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 26 ++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index b27baed..8589c2d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4658,26 +4658,20 @@ static void addrconf_sysctl_unregister(struct inet6_dev *idev)
 
 static int __net_init addrconf_init_net(struct net *net)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	struct ipv6_devconf *all, *dflt;
 
-	err = -ENOMEM;
-	all = &ipv6_devconf;
-	dflt = &ipv6_devconf_dflt;
+	all = kmemdup(&ipv6_devconf, sizeof(ipv6_devconf), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (all == NULL)
+		goto err_alloc_all;
 
-	if (!net_eq(net, &init_net)) {
-		all = kmemdup(all, sizeof(ipv6_devconf), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (all == NULL)
-			goto err_alloc_all;
+	dflt = kmemdup(&ipv6_devconf_dflt, sizeof(ipv6_devconf_dflt), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (dflt == NULL)
+		goto err_alloc_dflt;
 
-		dflt = kmemdup(dflt, sizeof(ipv6_devconf_dflt), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (dflt == NULL)
-			goto err_alloc_dflt;
-	} else {
-		/* these will be inherited by all namespaces */
-		dflt->autoconf = ipv6_defaults.autoconf;
-		dflt->disable_ipv6 = ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6;
-	}
+	/* these will be inherited by all namespaces */
+	dflt->autoconf = ipv6_defaults.autoconf;
+	dflt->disable_ipv6 = ipv6_defaults.disable_ipv6;
 
 	net->ipv6.devconf_all = all;
 	net->ipv6.devconf_dflt = dflt;

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