[PATCH net 1/1] net sched actions: fix refcnt leak in skbmod

[Roman Mashak]

When application fails to pass flags in netlink TLV when replacing
existing skbmod action, the kernel will leak refcnt:

$ tc actions get action skbmod index 1
total acts 0

        action order 0: skbmod pipe set smac 00:11:22:33:44:55
         index 1 ref 1 bind 0

For example, at this point a buggy application replaces the action with
index 1 with new smac 00:aa:22:33:44:55, it fails because of zero flags,
however refcnt gets bumped:

$ tc actions get actions skbmod index 1
total acts 0

        action order 0: skbmod pipe set smac 00:11:22:33:44:55
         index 1 ref 2 bind 0
$

Tha patch fixes this by calling tcf_idr_release() on existing actions.

Fixes: 86da71b57383d ("net_sched: Introduce skbmod action")
Signed-off-by: Roman Mashak <m...@mojatatu.com>
---
 net/sched/act_skbmod.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/act_skbmod.c b/net/sched/act_skbmod.c
index bbcbdce732cc..ad050d7d4b46 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_skbmod.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_skbmod.c
@@ -131,8 +131,11 @@ static int tcf_skbmod_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr 
*nla,
        if (exists && bind)
                return 0;
 
-       if (!lflags)
+       if (!lflags) {
+               if (exists)
+                       tcf_idr_release(*a, bind);
                return -EINVAL;
+       }
 
        if (!exists) {
                ret = tcf_idr_create(tn, parm->index, est, a,
-- 
2.7.4