[PATCH 4.9 21/90] batman-adv: Fix refcnt leak in batadv_store_throughput_override

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon May 18 2020 - 13:42:48 EST


From: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 6107c5da0fca8b50b4d3215e94d619d38cc4a18c upstream.

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

The issue happens in one error path of
batadv_store_throughput_override(). When batadv_parse_throughput()
returns NULL, the refcnt increased by batadv_hardif_get_by_netdev() is
not decreased, causing a refcnt leak.

Fix this issue by jumping to "out" label when batadv_parse_throughput()
returns NULL.

Fixes: 0b5ecc6811bd ("batman-adv: add throughput override attribute to hard_ifaces")
Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
net/batman-adv/sysfs.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ static ssize_t batadv_store_throughput_o
ret = batadv_parse_throughput(net_dev, buff, "throughput_override",
&tp_override);
if (!ret)
- return count;
+ goto out;

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