From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== [ Upstream commit e0ebde0e131b529fd721b24f62872def5ec3718c ] rtnl_link_get_net() holds a reference on the 'struct net', we need to release it in case of error. CC: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: b51642f6d77b ("net: Enable a userns root rtnl calls that are safe for unprivilged users") Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 93ad6c5b2d77..f3224755b328 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -1391,6 +1391,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb, goto errout; } if (!netlink_ns_capable(skb, net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) { + put_net(net); err = -EPERM; goto errout; } -- 2.2.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html