Re: [PATCH] packet: Do not leak dev refcounts on error exit

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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 23:27:06 +0000

> '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>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.



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