netdev - Re: [PATCH net] lapb: fixed leak of control-blocks.

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Date:   Sun, 16 Jun 2019 20:44:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeremy@...zel.net
Cc:     linux-x25@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+afb980676c836b4a0afa@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] lapb: fixed leak of control-blocks.

From: Jeremy Sowden <jeremy@...zel.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 16:54:37 +0100

> lapb_register calls lapb_create_cb, which initializes the control-
> block's ref-count to one, and __lapb_insert_cb, which increments it when
> adding the new block to the list of blocks.
> 
> lapb_unregister calls __lapb_remove_cb, which decrements the ref-count
> when removing control-block from the list of blocks, and calls lapb_put
> itself to decrement the ref-count before returning.
> 
> However, lapb_unregister also calls __lapb_devtostruct to look up the
> right control-block for the given net_device, and __lapb_devtostruct
> also bumps the ref-count, which means that when lapb_unregister returns
> the ref-count is still 1 and the control-block is leaked.
> 
> Call lapb_put after __lapb_devtostruct to fix leak.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+afb980676c836b4a0afa@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Jeremy Sowden <jeremy@...zel.net>

Applied and queued up for -stable.