From: Roman Mashak <m...@mojatatu.com> Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 14:35:33 -0400
> 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> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.