ipv6: Fix nexthop refcnt leak when creating ipv6 route info
ip6_route_info_create() invokes nexthop_get(), which increases the refcount of the "nh". When ip6_route_info_create() returns, local variable "nh" becomes invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced. The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of ip6_route_info_create(). When nexthops can not be used with source routing, the function forgets to decrease the refcnt increased by nexthop_get(), causing a refcnt leak. Fix this issue by pulling up the error source routing handling when nexthops can not be used with source routing. Fixes: f88d8ea6 ("ipv6: Plumb support for nexthop object in a fib6_info") Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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