5.15-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 7d70984a1ad4c445dff08edb9aacce8906b6a222 upstream. Check if nf_ct_netns_get() fails then release the limit object previously allocated via kmalloc(). Fixes: 37f319f37d90 ("netfilter: nft_connlimit: move stateful fields out of expression data") Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nft_connlimit.c @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static int nft_connlimit_do_init(const s { bool invert = false; u32 flags, limit; + int err; if (!tb[NFTA_CONNLIMIT_COUNT]) return -EINVAL; @@ -84,7 +85,15 @@ static int nft_connlimit_do_init(const s priv->limit = limit; priv->invert = invert; - return nf_ct_netns_get(ctx->net, ctx->family); + err = nf_ct_netns_get(ctx->net, ctx->family); + if (err < 0) + goto err_netns; + + return 0; +err_netns: + kfree(priv->list); + + return err; } static void nft_connlimit_do_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,