From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 8a574f86652a4540a2433946ba826ccb87f398cc ] If we can't build the flow del notification, we can simply delete the flow, no need to crash the kernel. Still keep a WARN_ON to preserve debuggability. Note: the BUG_ON() predates the Fixes tag, but this change can be applied only after the mentioned commit. v1 -> v2: - do not leak an skb on error Fixes: aed067783e50 ("openvswitch: Minimize ovs_flow_cmd_del critical section.") Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/openvswitch/datapath.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c +++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c @@ -1345,7 +1345,10 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_del(struct sk_bu OVS_FLOW_CMD_DEL, ufid_flags); rcu_read_unlock(); - BUG_ON(err < 0); + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(err < 0)) { + kfree_skb(reply); + goto out_free; + } ovs_notify(&dp_flow_genl_family, reply, info); } else { @@ -1353,6 +1356,7 @@ static int ovs_flow_cmd_del(struct sk_bu } } +out_free: ovs_flow_free(flow, true); return 0; unlock: