4.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 5af96b9c59c72fb2af2d19c5cc2f3cdcee391dff ] The backbone_gw refcounter is to be decreased by the queued work and currently is never decreased if the queue_work() call fails. Fix by checking the queue_work() return value and decrease refcount if necessary. Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c @@ -1772,6 +1772,7 @@ batadv_bla_loopdetect_check(struct batad { struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw; struct ethhdr *ethhdr; + bool ret; ethhdr = eth_hdr(skb); @@ -1795,8 +1796,13 @@ batadv_bla_loopdetect_check(struct batad if (unlikely(!backbone_gw)) return true; - queue_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &backbone_gw->report_work); - /* backbone_gw is unreferenced in the report work function function */ + ret = queue_work(batadv_event_workqueue, &backbone_gw->report_work); + + /* backbone_gw is unreferenced in the report work function function + * if queue_work() call was successful + */ + if (!ret) + batadv_backbone_gw_put(backbone_gw); return true; }