From: Xiyu Yang Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:31:50 +0800 Subject: batman-adv: Fix refcnt leak in batadv_show_throughput_override 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. Fixes: c513176e4b7a ("batman-adv: add throughput override attribute to hard_ifaces") Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang Signed-off-by: Xin Tan Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann Origin: upstream, https://git.open-mesh.org/batman-adv.git/commit/f301bfed59b146a63471d0f147b767d7cafede6f diff --git a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c index 80fc3253c3368e3cc356176c5ba961542de0a8c9..c20f2bab9db56021f7280ebdfc2afcfd772991bd 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/sysfs.c @@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@ 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); }