Re: [PATCH net 1/3] netdevsim: fib: Fix reference count leak on route deletion failure

[David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>]

On 7/28/22 5:45 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> As part of FIB offload simulation, netdevsim stores IPv4 and IPv6 routes
> and holds a reference on FIB info structures that in turn hold a
> reference on the associated nexthop device(s).
> 
> In the unlikely case where we are unable to allocate memory to process a
> route deletion request, netdevsim will not release the reference from
> the associated FIB info structure, thereby preventing the associated
> nexthop device(s) from ever being removed [1].
> 
> Fix this by scheduling a work item that will flush netdevsim's FIB table
> upon route deletion failure. This will cause netdevsim to release its
> reference from all the FIB info structures in its table.
> 
> Reported by Lucas Leong of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.
> 
> Fixes: 0ae3eb7b4611 ("netdevsim: fib: Perform the route programming in a non-atomic context")
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com>
> ---
> No "Reported-by" tag since I do not have the mail address of the
> reporter.
> ---
>  drivers/net/netdevsim/fib.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>