Re: [PATCH net-next] net: rtnetlink: fix module reference count leak issue in rtnetlink_rcv_msg

[Nikolay Aleksandrov]

On 15/08/2022 05:46, Zhengchao Shao wrote:
> When bulk delete command is received in the rtnetlink_rcv_msg function,
> if bulk delete is not supported, module_put is not called to release
> the reference counting. As a result, module reference count is leaked.
> 
> Fixes: a6cec0bcd342("net: rtnetlink: add bulk delete support flag")
> Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> index ac45328607f7..4b5b15c684ed 100644
> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> @@ -6070,6 +6070,7 @@ static int rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
>  	if (kind == RTNL_KIND_DEL && (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_BULK) &&
>  	    !(flags & RTNL_FLAG_BULK_DEL_SUPPORTED)) {
>  		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Bulk delete is not supported");
> +		module_put(owner);
>  		goto err_unlock;
>  	}
>  

Oops, thanks.
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>