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batman-adv: Fix refcnt leak in batadv_store_throughput_override 

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: 0b5ecc6811 ("batman-adv: add throughput override attribute to hard_ifaces")
Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Xiyu Yang 2020-04-15 16:35:21 +08:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent b713481058
commit 13f968c8b7
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@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ static ssize_t batadv_store_throughput_override(struct kobject *kobj,
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)