From c545a945d0d9ea2ea2c7d23d43cf0d86e32cd7cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Maloy Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:11:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] tipc: eliminate potential memory leak In the function tipc_sk_mcast_rcv() we call refcount_dec(&skb->users) on received sk_buffers. Since the reference counter might hit zero at this point, we have a potential memory leak. We fix this by replacing refcount_dec() with kfree_skb(). Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/tipc/socket.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c index 5d18c0caa92b..41127d0b925e 100644 --- a/net/tipc/socket.c +++ b/net/tipc/socket.c @@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ void tipc_sk_mcast_rcv(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *arrvq, __skb_dequeue(arrvq); __skb_queue_tail(inputq, skb); } - refcount_dec(&skb->users); + kfree_skb(skb); spin_unlock_bh(&inputq->lock); continue; }