netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/sched: act_ct: fix ref leak when switching zones

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Date:   Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:10:10 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, fw@...len.de, paulb@...dia.com,
        jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/sched: act_ct: fix ref leak when switching zones

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Thu, 24 Mar 2022 16:22:10 -0300 you wrote:
> When switching zones or network namespaces without doing a ct clear in
> between, it is now leaking a reference to the old ct entry. That's
> because tcf_ct_skb_nfct_cached() returns false and
> tcf_ct_flow_table_lookup() may simply overwrite it.
> 
> The fix is to, as the ct entry is not reusable, free it already at
> tcf_ct_skb_nfct_cached().
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net/sched: act_ct: fix ref leak when switching zones
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/bcb74e132a76

You are awesome, thank you!
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