After commit 4e8ddd7f1758 ("net: sched: don't release reference on action overwrite"), the error path of all actions was converted to drop refcount also when the action was being overwritten. But we forgot act_ipt_init(), in case allocation of 'tname' was not successful:
# tc action add action xt -j LOG --log-prefix hello index 100 tablename: mangle hook: NF_IP_POST_ROUTING target: LOG level warning prefix "hello" index 100 # tc action show action xt total acts 1 action order 0: tablename: mangle hook: NF_IP_POST_ROUTING target LOG level warning prefix "hello" index 100 ref 1 bind 0 # tc action replace action xt -j LOG --log-prefix world index 100 tablename: mangle hook: NF_IP_POST_ROUTING target: LOG level warning prefix "world" index 100 RTNETLINK answers: Cannot allocate memory We have an error talking to the kernel # tc action show action xt total acts 1 action order 0: tablename: mangle hook: NF_IP_POST_ROUTING target LOG level warning prefix "hello" index 100 ref 2 bind 0 Ensure we call tcf_idr_release(), in case 'tname' allocation failed, also when the action is being replaced. Fixes: 4e8ddd7f1758 ("net: sched: don't release reference on action overwrite") Signed-off-by: Davide Caratti <dcara...@redhat.com> --- net/sched/act_ipt.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/sched/act_ipt.c b/net/sched/act_ipt.c index 8af6c11d2482..faa1addf89b3 100644 --- a/net/sched/act_ipt.c +++ b/net/sched/act_ipt.c @@ -199,8 +199,7 @@ static int __tcf_ipt_init(struct net *net, unsigned int id, struct nlattr *nla, err2: kfree(tname); err1: - if (ret == ACT_P_CREATED) - tcf_idr_release(*a, bind); + tcf_idr_release(*a, bind); return err; } -- 2.20.1