'dev' is non NULL when the addr_len check triggers so it must goto a label that does the dev_put otherwise dev will have a leaked refcount. This bug causes the ib_ipoib module to become unloadable when using systemd-network as it triggers this check on InfiniBand links. Fixes: 99137b7888f4 ("packet: validate address length") Reported-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/packet/af_packet.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) This patch should go to -rc please. Thanks diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c index eedacdebcd4c61..d0945253f43b3e 100644 --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c @@ -2628,7 +2628,7 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg) addr = saddr->sll_halen ? saddr->sll_addr : NULL; dev = dev_get_by_index(sock_net(&po->sk), saddr->sll_ifindex); if (addr && dev && saddr->sll_halen < dev->addr_len) - goto out; + goto out_put; } err = -ENXIO; @@ -2828,7 +2828,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len) addr = saddr->sll_halen ? saddr->sll_addr : NULL; dev = dev_get_by_index(sock_net(sk), saddr->sll_ifindex); if (addr && dev && saddr->sll_halen < dev->addr_len) - goto out; + goto out_unlock; } err = -ENXIO; -- 2.20.1