netdev - [PATCH net 2/8] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix possible refcount leak in ctnetlink_create

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Date:   Wed, 22 Feb 2023 10:21:31 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: [PATCH net 2/8] netfilter: ctnetlink: fix possible refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack()

From: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@...il.com>

nf_ct_put() needs to be called to put the refcount got by
nf_conntrack_find_get() to avoid refcount leak when
nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert() fails.

Fixes: 7d367e06688d ("netfilter: ctnetlink: fix soft lockup when netlink adds new entries (v2)")
Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@...il.com>
Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 1286ae7d4609..ca4d5bb1ea52 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -2375,12 +2375,15 @@ ctnetlink_create_conntrack(struct net *net,
 
 	err = nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert(ct);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto err2;
+		goto err3;
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return ct;
 
+err3:
+	if (ct->master)
+		nf_ct_put(ct->master);
 err2:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 err1:
-- 
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