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From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
To: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
Cc: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>,
	Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>,
	Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yuanxzhang@fudan.edu.cn,
	kjlu@umn.edu, Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] batman-adv: Fix refcnt leak in batadv_v_ogm_process
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:53:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6844758.PSh0Y5hloC@bentobox> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1587361040-83099-1-git-send-email-xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>

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On Monday, 20 April 2020 07:37:20 CEST Xiyu Yang wrote:
> batadv_v_ogm_process() invokes batadv_hardif_neigh_get(), which returns
> a reference of the neighbor object to "hardif_neigh" with increased
> refcount.
> 
> When batadv_v_ogm_process() returns, "hardif_neigh" becomes invalid, so
> the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.
> 
> The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling paths of
> batadv_v_ogm_process(). When batadv_v_ogm_orig_get() fails to get the
> orig node and returns NULL, the refcnt increased by
> batadv_hardif_neigh_get() is not decreased, causing a refcnt leak.
> 
> Fix this issue by jumping to "out" label when batadv_v_ogm_orig_get()
> fails to get the orig node.
> 
> Fixes: 9323158ef9f4 ("batman-adv: OGMv2 - implement originators logic")
> Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
> ---
>  net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied [1]

Thanks,
	Sven

[1] https://git.open-mesh.org/linux-merge.git/commit/afba933d9875cdf31c973a1ecf05de7129a142c4

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      reply	other threads:[~2020-04-20  5:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-04-20  5:37 [PATCH] batman-adv: Fix refcnt leak in batadv_v_ogm_process Xiyu Yang
2020-04-20  5:53 ` Sven Eckelmann [this message]

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