netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tcp: md5: release request socket instead of listener

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:26:45 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tcp: md5: release request socket instead of
 listener

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 22:50:29 -0800

> If tcp_v4_inbound_md5_hash() returns an error, we must release
> the refcount on the request socket, not on the listener.
> 
> The bug was added for IPv4 only.
> 
> Fixes: 079096f103fac ("tcp/dccp: install syn_recv requests into ehash table")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Eric.