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batman-adv: Fix refcnt leak in batadv_store_throughput_override
batadv_show_throughput_override() invokes batadv_hardif_get_by_netdev(), which gets a batadv_hard_iface object from net_dev with increased refcnt and its reference is assigned to a local pointer 'hard_iface'. When batadv_store_throughput_override() returns, "hard_iface" becomes invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced. The issue happens in one error path of batadv_store_throughput_override(). When batadv_parse_throughput() returns NULL, the refcnt increased by batadv_hardif_get_by_netdev() is not decreased, causing a refcnt leak. Fix this issue by jumping to "out" label when batadv_parse_throughput() returns NULL. Fixes: 0b5ecc6 ("batman-adv: add throughput override attribute to hard_ifaces") Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <[email protected]>
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net/batman-adv/sysfs.c

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@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ static ssize_t batadv_store_throughput_override(struct kobject *kobj,
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ret = batadv_parse_throughput(net_dev, buff, "throughput_override",
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&tp_override);
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if (!ret)
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return count;
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goto out;
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old_tp_override = atomic_read(&hard_iface->bat_v.throughput_override);
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if (old_tp_override == tp_override)

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