[PATCH] ipv6: Fix nexthop refcnt leak when creating ipv6 route info

From: Xiyu Yang
Date: Sat Jul 25 2020 - 04:11:08 EST


ip6_route_info_create() invokes nexthop_get(), which increases the
refcount of the "nh".

When ip6_route_info_create() returns, local variable "nh" becomes
invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.

The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
ip6_route_info_create(). When nexthops can not be used with source
routing, the function forgets to decrease the refcnt increased by
nexthop_get(), causing a refcnt leak.

Fix this issue by pulling up the error source routing handling when
nexthops can not be used with source routing.

Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/route.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 82cbb46a2a4f..427ecd7032bd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3682,14 +3682,14 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
rt->fib6_src.plen = cfg->fc_src_len;
#endif
if (nh) {
- if (!nexthop_get(nh)) {
- NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop has been deleted");
- goto out;
- }
if (rt->fib6_src.plen) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthops can not be used with source routing");
goto out;
}
+ if (!nexthop_get(nh)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop has been deleted");
+ goto out;
+ }
rt->nh = nh;
fib6_nh = nexthop_fib6_nh(rt->nh);
} else {
--
2.7.4