From: Davide Caratti <dcara...@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:33:25 +0100
> 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>
Applied and queued up for -stable.
