From: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit b91d9036883793122cf6575ca4dfbfbdd201a83d ] There is no code that decreases the reference count of stateful objects in error path of the nft_add_set_elem(). this causes a leak of reference count of stateful objects. Test commands: $nft add table ip filter $nft add counter ip filter c1 $nft add map ip filter m1 { type ipv4_addr : counter \;} $nft add element ip filter m1 { 1 : c1 } $nft add element ip filter m1 { 1 : c1 } $nft delete element ip filter m1 { 1 } $nft delete counter ip filter c1 Result: Error: Could not process rule: Device or resource busy delete counter ip filter c1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ At the second 'nft add element ip filter m1 { 1 : c1 }', the reference count of the 'c1' is increased then it tries to insert into the 'm1'. but the 'm1' already has same element so it returns -EEXIST. But it doesn't decrease the reference count of the 'c1' in the error path. Due to a leak of the reference count of the 'c1', the 'c1' can't be removed by 'nft delete counter ip filter c1'. Fixes: 8aeff920dcc9 ("netfilter: nf_tables: add stateful object reference to set elements") Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index 623ec29ade26..bf26e27ca456 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -4046,6 +4046,8 @@ static int nft_add_set_elem(struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set, err5: kfree(trans); err4: + if (obj) + obj->use--; kfree(elem.priv); err3: if (nla[NFTA_SET_ELEM_DATA] != NULL) -- 2.19.1