From: WenTao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
To: jiri@resnulli.us, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com
Cc: horms@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, WenTao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] devlink: fix refcount leak in devlink_nl_reload_doit()
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:25:57 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260611162557.98150-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn> (raw)
When devlink_nl_reload_doit() is asked to change network namespace
(via DEVLINK_ATTR_NETNS_*) but the reload action is not
DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT, it calls devlink_netns_get()
which acquires a reference on the destination net namespace. Then,
after detecting that namespace change is only supported for reinit
action, it returns -EOPNOTSUPP without releasing the reference, thus
leaking the net namespace.
Fix the leak by releasing the reference with put_net() before
returning the error, for example by adding it directly on that error
path. A cleaner alternative is to introduce a common cleanup label
that performs the put_net() if the pointer is non-NULL.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 2edd92570441 ("devlink: don't allow to change net namespace for FW_ACTIVATE reload action")
Signed-off-by: WenTao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
---
net/devlink/dev.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/devlink/dev.c b/net/devlink/dev.c
index 57b2b8f03543..fd5633fa88ec 100644
--- a/net/devlink/dev.c
+++ b/net/devlink/dev.c
@@ -578,6 +578,7 @@ int devlink_nl_reload_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
action != DEVLINK_RELOAD_ACTION_DRIVER_REINIT) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack,
"Changing namespace is only supported for reinit action");
+ put_net(dest_net);
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
}
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-11 16:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-11 16:25 WenTao Liang [this message]
2026-06-12 8:26 ` [PATCH] devlink: fix refcount leak in devlink_nl_reload_doit() Jiri Pirko
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