[PATCH net] net: rtm_to_ifaddr: free ifa if ifa_cacheinfo processing fails

Daniel Borkmann
2013-08-02T09:32:48Z

Commit 5c766d642 ("ipv4: introduce address lifetime") leaves the ifa
resource that was allocated via inet_alloc_ifa() unfreed when returning
the function with -EINVAL. Thus, free it first via inet_free_ifa().

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
---
net/ipv4/devinet.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 8d48c39..34ca6d5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
ci = nla_data(tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]);
if (!ci->ifa_valid || ci->ifa_prefered > ci->ifa_valid) {
err = -EINVAL;
- goto errout;
+ goto errout_free;
}
*pvalid_lft = ci->ifa_valid;
*pprefered_lft = ci->ifa_prefered;
@@ -780,6 +780,8 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,

return ifa;

+errout_free:
+ inet_free_ifa(ifa);
errout:
return ERR_PTR(err);
}
--
1.7.11.7