[PATCH net-next] net: rtnetlink: fix module reference count leak issue in rtnetlink_rcv_msg

From: Zhengchao Shao
Date: Sun Aug 14 2022 - 22:43:30 EST


When bulk delete command is received in the rtnetlink_rcv_msg function,
if bulk delete is not supported, module_put is not called to release
the reference counting. As a result, module reference count is leaked.

Fixes: a6cec0bcd342("net: rtnetlink: add bulk delete support flag")
Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index ac45328607f7..4b5b15c684ed 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -6070,6 +6070,7 @@ static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
if (kind == RTNL_KIND_DEL && (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_BULK) &&
!(flags & RTNL_FLAG_BULK_DEL_SUPPORTED)) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Bulk delete is not supported");
+ module_put(owner);
goto err_unlock;
}

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2.17.1