netdev - Re: [net-next][PATCH] net/ipv4: fix a net leak

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Date:   Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:02:15 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next][PATCH] net/ipv4: fix a net leak

On 10/24/18 3:36 AM, Li RongQing wrote:
> put net when input a invalid ifindex, otherwise it will be leaked
> 
> Fixes: 5fcd266a9f64("net/ipv4: Add support for dumping addresses for a specific device")
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yu <zhangyu31@...du.com>
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <lirongqing@...du.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/devinet.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
> index 63d5b58fbfdb..fd0c5a47e742 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
> @@ -1775,8 +1775,10 @@ static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
>  
>  		if (fillargs.ifindex) {
>  			dev = __dev_get_by_index(tgt_net, fillargs.ifindex);
> -			if (!dev)
> +			if (!dev) {
> +				put_net(tgt_net);
>  				return -ENODEV;
> +			}
>  
>  			in_dev = __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev);
>  			if (in_dev) {
> 

Good catch. IPv6 has the same problem. Will fix that one.

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>