From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: fix a resource leak in copy_net_ns() error handling path
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:40:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178765440989.3381513.18011374580267192341.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c182cf90-1ed7-435b-88f7-9f00e88a0487@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>:
On Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:18:31 +0900 you wrote:
> Currently, preinit_net() does two things:
>
> (1) call ns_common_init() which might fail
> (2) initialize resources which does not fail
>
> However, preinit_net() is returning early when (1) fails, and copy_net_ns()
> is jumping to the dec_ucounts: label. As a result, resources allocated by
> net_alloc() are leaking. We need to call key_remove_domain() and
> net_passive_dec() in order to release resources allocated by net_alloc().
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] net: fix a resource leak in copy_net_ns() error handling path
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/3220b62fbb8a
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2026-08-22 8:18 [PATCH net] net: fix a resource leak in copy_net_ns() error handling path Tetsuo Handa
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