According to my static checker we should unlock here before the return. That seems reasonable to me as well. Fixes" b9e69e127397 ("netfilter: xtables: don't hook tables by default") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c index e58ecff638b3..8876b7da6884 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c +++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c @@ -1041,8 +1041,10 @@ struct xt_table *xt_find_table_lock(struct net *net, u_int8_t af, list_for_each_entry(t, &init_net.xt.tables[af], list) { if (strcmp(t->name, name)) continue; - if (!try_module_get(t->me)) + if (!try_module_get(t->me)) { + mutex_unlock(&xt[af].mutex); return NULL; + } mutex_unlock(&xt[af].mutex); if (t->table_init(net) != 0) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html