netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Fix nexthop refcnt leak when creating ipv6 route info

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:24:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn
Cc:     kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        tanxin.ctf@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Fix nexthop refcnt leak when creating ipv6 route
 info

From: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 16:02:18 +0800

> ip6_route_info_create() invokes nexthop_get(), which increases the
> refcount of the "nh".
> 
> When ip6_route_info_create() returns, local variable "nh" becomes
> invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.
> 
> The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
> ip6_route_info_create(). When nexthops can not be used with source
> routing, the function forgets to decrease the refcnt increased by
> nexthop_get(), causing a refcnt leak.
> 
> Fix this issue by pulling up the error source routing handling when
> nexthops can not be used with source routing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.