netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3] sctp: fix dst refcnt leak in sctp_v4_get

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Date:   Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:22:37 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     tommi.t.rantala@...ia.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        nhorman@...driver.com, alexey.kodanev@...cle.com,
        marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] sctp: fix dst refcnt leak in sctp_v4_get_dst

From: Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@...ia.com>
Date: Mon,  5 Feb 2018 21:48:14 +0200

> Fix dst reference count leak in sctp_v4_get_dst() introduced in commit
> 410f03831 ("sctp: add routing output fallback"):
> 
> When walking the address_list, successive ip_route_output_key() calls
> may return the same rt->dst with the reference incremented on each call.
> 
> The code would not decrement the dst refcount when the dst pointer was
> identical from the previous iteration, causing the dst refcnt leak.
 ...
> Fixes: 410f03831 ("sctp: add routing output fallback")
> Fixes: 0ca50d12f ("sctp: fix src address selection if using secondary addresses")
> Signed-off-by: Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@...ia.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.