From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: greearb@candelatech.com Subject: [PATCH] ipv6-multicast: Fix memory leak in IPv6 multicast. Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:11:01 -0700 Message-ID: <1316819461-3192-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> Cc: Ben Greear To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.172]:36248 "EHLO ns3.lanforge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752634Ab1IWXLJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:11:09 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Ben Greear If reg_vif_xmit cannot find a routing entry, be sure to free the skb before returning the error. Signed-off-by: Ben Greear --- :100644 100644 82a8099... e9a8df9... M net/ipv6/ip6mr.c net/ipv6/ip6mr.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c index 82a8099..e9a8df9 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c @@ -696,8 +696,10 @@ static netdev_tx_t reg_vif_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, int err; err = ip6mr_fib_lookup(net, &fl6, &mrt); - if (err < 0) + if (err < 0) { + kfree_skb(skb); return err; + } read_lock(&mrt_lock); dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len; -- 1.7.3.4