netdev - [PATCH net 12/14] netfilter: nf_tables: drop module reference after updating chain

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Message-Id: <20230621100731.68068-13-pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:07:29 +0200
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 12/14] netfilter: nf_tables: drop module reference after updating chain

Otherwise the module reference counter is leaked.

Fixes b9703ed44ffb ("netfilter: nf_tables: support for adding new devices to an existing netdev chain")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 0d293eab310b..c1db2f4b2aa4 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2667,6 +2667,8 @@ static int nf_tables_updchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 genmask, u8 policy,
 	nft_trans_basechain(trans) = basechain;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans));
 	list_splice(&hook.list, &nft_trans_chain_hooks(trans));
+	if (nla[NFTA_CHAIN_HOOK])
+		module_put(hook.type->owner);
 
 	nft_trans_commit_list_add_tail(ctx->net, trans);
 
-- 
2.30.2