[PATCH] batman-adv: Fix refcnt leak in batadv_show_throughput_override

From: Xiyu Yang
Date: Wed Apr 15 2020 - 04:34:50 EST


batadv_show_throughput_override() invokes batadv_hardif_get_by_netdev(),
which gets a batadv_hard_iface object from net_dev with increased refcnt
and its reference is assigned to a local pointer 'hard_iface'.

When batadv_show_throughput_override() returns, "hard_iface" becomes
invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.

The issue happens in the normal path of
batadv_show_throughput_override(), which forgets to decrease the refcnt
increased by batadv_hardif_get_by_netdev() before the function returns,
causing a refcnt leak.

Fix this issue by calling batadv_hardif_put() before the
batadv_show_throughput_override() returns in the normal path.

Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/batman-adv/sysfs.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c
index 97736696d042..0f962dcd239e 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c
@@ -1190,6 +1190,7 @@ static ssize_t batadv_show_throughput_override(struct kobject *kobj,

tp_override = atomic_read(&hard_iface->bat_v.throughput_override);

+ batadv_hardif_put(hard_iface);
return sprintf(buff, "%u.%u MBit\n", tp_override / 10,
tp_override % 10);
}
--
2.7.4