From 4249fc1f023a2106170bbf715e2e1a0ebc2d5b1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sabrina Dubroca Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:20:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: ebtables: put module reference when an incorrect extension is found 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 Acked-by: Phil Sutter Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c index cceac5bb658f..0833c251aef7 100644 --- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c +++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c @@ -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); } -- 2.20.1