This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
netfilter: nf_tables: skip module reference count bump on object updates
to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
netfilter-nf_tables-skip-module-reference-count-bump.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 00ac8ddafd61f13c3fdc772b3995fa6e9bd06e00
Author: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Dec 6 22:25:55 2019 +0100
netfilter: nf_tables: skip module reference count bump on object updates
[ Upstream commit fd57d0cbe187e93f63777d36e9f49293311d417f ]
Use __nft_obj_type_get() instead, otherwise there is a module reference
counter leak.
Fixes: d62d0ba97b58 ("netfilter: nf_tables: Introduce stateful object update operation")
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 4c03c14e46bc..67ca47c7ce54 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -5217,7 +5217,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newobj(struct net *net, struct sock *nlsk,
if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REPLACE)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- type = nft_obj_type_get(net, objtype);
+ type = __nft_obj_type_get(objtype);
nft_ctx_init(&ctx, net, skb, nlh, family, table, NULL, nla);
return nf_tables_updobj(&ctx, type, nla[NFTA_OBJ_DATA], obj);
