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Revert "net/ipv6: fix metrics leak"
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This reverts commit df18b50.

This change causes other problems and use-after-free situations as
found by syzbot.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David S. Miller committed Aug 2, 2018
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18 changes: 4 additions & 14 deletions net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
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Expand Up @@ -167,22 +167,11 @@ struct fib6_info *fib6_info_alloc(gfp_t gfp_flags)
return f6i;
}

static void fib6_metrics_release(struct fib6_info *f6i)
{
struct dst_metrics *m;

if (!f6i)
return;

m = f6i->fib6_metrics;
if (m != &dst_default_metrics && refcount_dec_and_test(&m->refcnt))
kfree(m);
}

void fib6_info_destroy_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
{
struct fib6_info *f6i = container_of(head, struct fib6_info, rcu);
struct rt6_exception_bucket *bucket;
struct dst_metrics *m;

WARN_ON(f6i->fib6_node);

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -212,7 +201,9 @@ void fib6_info_destroy_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
if (f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev)
dev_put(f6i->fib6_nh.nh_dev);

fib6_metrics_release(f6i);
m = f6i->fib6_metrics;
if (m != &dst_default_metrics && refcount_dec_and_test(&m->refcnt))
kfree(m);

kfree(f6i);
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -896,7 +887,6 @@ static void fib6_drop_pcpu_from(struct fib6_info *f6i,

from = rcu_dereference_protected(pcpu_rt->from,
lockdep_is_held(&table->tb6_lock));
fib6_metrics_release(from);
rcu_assign_pointer(pcpu_rt->from, NULL);
fib6_info_release(from);
}
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