From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [stable] [patch 12/20] nfnetlink_log: fix reference counting Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:14:45 -0800 Message-ID: <20070310091445.GA26611@kroah.com> References: <20070310061234.465093436@mini.kroah.org> <20070310061803.GM31412@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, "Theodore Ts'o" , Zwane Mwaikambo , netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org, Justin Forbes , Chris Wedgwood , davem@davemloft.net, Randy Dunlap , Michael Krufky , Chuck Ebbert , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , akpm@linux-foundation.org, Michal Miroslaw , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, Patrick McHardy , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk To: Greg KH Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070310061803.GM31412@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:18:03PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. > > ------------------ > From: Michal Miroslaw > > [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix reference counting > > Fix reference counting (memory leak) problem in __nfulnl_send() and callers > related to packet queueing. > > Signed-off-by: Michal Miroslaw > Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > --- > net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c > +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c > @@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ _instance_destroy2(struct nfulnl_instanc > /* timer "holds" one reference (we have one more) */ > if (timer_pending(&inst->timer)) { > del_timer(&inst->timer); > - instance_put(inst); > + > +instance_put(inst); > } > if (inst->qlen) > __nfulnl_send(inst); > As this patch does nothing, it's now dropped. It was my fault as the original patch didn't apply and I messed up using quilt here. thanks, greg k-h