[PATCH] ipv6: Fix nexthop refcnt leak when creating ipv6 route info

[PATCH] ipv6: Fix nexthop refcnt leak when creating ipv6 route info

[Xiyu Yang]

ip6_route_info_create() invokes nexthop_get(), which increases the
refcount of the "nh".

When ip6_route_info_create() returns, local variable "nh" becomes
invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.

The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
ip6_route_info_create(). When nexthops can not be used with source
routing, the function forgets to decrease the refcnt increased by
nexthop_get(), causing a refcnt leak.

Fix this issue by pulling up the error source routing handling when
nexthops can not be used with source routing.

Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
---
 net/ipv6/route.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 82cbb46a2a4f..427ecd7032bd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3682,14 +3682,14 @@ static struct fib6_info *ip6_route_info_create(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 	rt->fib6_src.plen = cfg->fc_src_len;
 #endif
 	if (nh) {
-		if (!nexthop_get(nh)) {
-			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop has been deleted");
-			goto out;
-		}
 		if (rt->fib6_src.plen) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthops can not be used with source routing");
 			goto out;
 		}
+		if (!nexthop_get(nh)) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Nexthop has been deleted");
+			goto out;
+		}
 		rt->nh = nh;
 		fib6_nh = nexthop_fib6_nh(rt->nh);
 	} else {
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Fix nexthop refcnt leak when creating ipv6 route info

[David Ahern]

On 7/25/20 2:02 AM, Xiyu Yang wrote:
> ip6_route_info_create() invokes nexthop_get(), which increases the
> refcount of the "nh".
> 
> When ip6_route_info_create() returns, local variable "nh" becomes
> invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.

I forgot to write the test case for this very code path in
tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh. If you have the time, it
goes in ipv6_fcnal_runtime() - see the last 'TO-DO' item.

> 
> The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
> ip6_route_info_create(). When nexthops can not be used with source
> routing, the function forgets to decrease the refcnt increased by
> nexthop_get(), causing a refcnt leak.
> 
> Fix this issue by pulling up the error source routing handling when
> nexthops can not be used with source routing.
> 

Fixes: f88d8ea67fbd ("ipv6: Plumb support for nexthop object in a
fib6_info")

> Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 


Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Fix nexthop refcnt leak when creating ipv6 route info

[David Miller]

From: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 16:02:18 +0800

> ip6_route_info_create() invokes nexthop_get(), which increases the
> refcount of the "nh".
> 
> When ip6_route_info_create() returns, local variable "nh" becomes
> invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.
> 
> The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
> ip6_route_info_create(). When nexthops can not be used with source
> routing, the function forgets to decrease the refcnt increased by
> nexthop_get(), causing a refcnt leak.
> 
> Fix this issue by pulling up the error source routing handling when
> nexthops can not be used with source routing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.