Re: [PATCH net] net: sched: fix possible refcount leak in tc_chain_tmplt_add()

From: Simon Horman
Date: Mon Jun 05 2023 - 08:33:39 EST


On Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 03:01:58PM +0800, Hangyu Hua wrote:
> try_module_get can be called in tcf_proto_lookup_ops. So if ops don't
> implement the corresponding function we should call module_put to drop
> the refcount.

Hi Hangyu Hua,

Is this correct even if try_module_get() is
not called via tcf_proto_lookup_ops() ?

> Fixes: 9f407f1768d3 ("net: sched: introduce chain templates")
> Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/sched/cls_api.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> index 2621550bfddc..92bfb892e638 100644
> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> @@ -2952,6 +2952,7 @@ static int tc_chain_tmplt_add(struct tcf_chain *chain, struct net *net,
> return PTR_ERR(ops);
> if (!ops->tmplt_create || !ops->tmplt_destroy || !ops->tmplt_dump) {
> NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Chain templates are not supported with specified classifier");
> + module_put(ops->owner);
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> }
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>