Subject: [PATCH 38/59] netlink: put module reference if dump start fails

From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2018 04:41:59 +0100

[ Upstream commit b87b6194be631c94785fe93398651e804ed43e28 ]

Before, if cb->start() failed, the module reference would never be put,
because cb->cb_running is intentionally false at this point. Users are
generally annoyed by this because they can no longer unload modules that
leak references. Also, it may be possible to tediously wrap a reference
counter back to zero, especially since module.c still uses atomic_inc
instead of refcount_inc.

This patch expands the error path to simply call module_put if
cb->start() fails.

Fixes: 41c87425a1ac ("netlink: do not set cb_running if dump's start() errs")
Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email-masked]>
---
 net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 84a4e4c3be4b..ca9c0544c856 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2275,7 +2275,7 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (cb->start) {
 		ret = cb->start(cb);
 		if (ret)
-			goto error_unlock;
+			goto error_put;
 	}
 
 	nlk->cb_running = true;
@@ -2295,6 +2295,8 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	return -EINTR;
 
+error_put:
+	module_put(control->module);
 error_unlock:
 	sock_put(sk);
 	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
-- 
2.14.3