netfilter: ebtables: put module reference when an incorrect extension is found
authorSabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Tue, 23 Aug 2016 08:20:31 +0000 (10:20 +0200)
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:18:06 +0000 (13:18 +0200)
commit bcf493428840 ("netfilter: ebtables: Fix extension lookup with
identical name") added a second lookup in case the extension that was
found during the first lookup matched another extension with the same
name, but didn't release the reference on the incorrect module.

Fixes: bcf493428840 ("netfilter: ebtables: Fix extension lookup with identical name")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Acked-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c

index cceac5bb658f2245bad77981afb7b8109d2ad0f2..0833c251aef7963dc471e4385282c491b2fb2340 100644 (file)
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ ebt_check_match(struct ebt_entry_match *m, struct xt_mtchk_param *par,
 
        match = xt_find_match(NFPROTO_BRIDGE, m->u.name, 0);
        if (IS_ERR(match) || match->family != NFPROTO_BRIDGE) {
+               if (!IS_ERR(match))
+                       module_put(match->me);
                request_module("ebt_%s", m->u.name);
                match = xt_find_match(NFPROTO_BRIDGE, m->u.name, 0);
        }