netdev - [PATCH 14/17] netfilter: nf_tables: skip module reference count bump on object updates

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Date:   Mon,  9 Dec 2019 20:26:35 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 14/17] netfilter: nf_tables: skip module reference count bump on object updates

Use __nft_obj_type_get() instead, otherwise there is a module reference
counter leak.

Fixes: d62d0ba97b58 ("netfilter: nf_tables: Introduce stateful object update operation")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 72a7816ba761..a8caf7386fa9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -5484,7 +5484,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newobj(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
 		if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REPLACE)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-		type = nft_obj_type_get(net, objtype);
+		type = __nft_obj_type_get(objtype);
 		nft_ctx_init(&ctx, net, skb, nlh, family, table, NULL, nla);
 
 		return nf_tables_updobj(&ctx, type, nla[NFTA_OBJ_DATA], obj);
-- 
2.11.0