[PATCH net 2/5] rxrpc: Fix leak of connection from OOB challenge

From: David Howells

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 12:14:28 EST


Fix leak of connection object from OOB challenge queue when response is
provided by userspace.

Fixes: 5800b1cf3fd8 ("rxrpc: Allow CHALLENGEs to the passed to the app for a RESPONSE")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260609140911.838677-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
---
net/rxrpc/oob.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/oob.c b/net/rxrpc/oob.c
index 05ca9c1faa57..3318c8bd82ad 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/oob.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/oob.c
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ static int rxrpc_respond_to_oob(struct rxrpc_sock *rx,
break;
}

+ switch (skb->mark) {
+ case RXRPC_OOB_CHALLENGE:
+ rxrpc_put_connection(sp->chall.conn, rxrpc_conn_put_oob);
+ break;
+ }
rxrpc_free_skb(skb, rxrpc_skb_put_oob);
return ret;
}