netdev - [PATCH 01/10] xfrm: drop SA reference in xfrm_state

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Message-ID: <20251118085344.2199815-2-steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:52:34 +0100
From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, Steffen Klassert
	<steffen.klassert@...unet.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] xfrm: drop SA reference in xfrm_state_update if dir doesn't match

From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>

We're not updating x1, but we still need to put() it.

Fixes: a4a87fa4e96c ("xfrm: Add Direction to the SA in or out")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index d213ca3653a8..e4736d1ebb44 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -2191,14 +2191,18 @@ int xfrm_state_update(struct xfrm_state *x)
 	}
 
 	if (x1->km.state == XFRM_STATE_ACQ) {
-		if (x->dir && x1->dir != x->dir)
+		if (x->dir && x1->dir != x->dir) {
+			to_put = x1;
 			goto out;
+		}
 
 		__xfrm_state_insert(x);
 		x = NULL;
 	} else {
-		if (x1->dir != x->dir)
+		if (x1->dir != x->dir) {
+			to_put = x1;
 			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 	err = 0;
 
-- 
2.43.0