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When dst->_metrics and f6i->fib6_metrics share the same memory, both
take reference count on the dst_metrics structure. However, when dst is
destroyed, ip6_dst_destroy() only invokes dst_destroy_metrics_generic()
which does not take care of READONLY metrics and does not release refcnt.
This causes memory leak.
Similar to ipv4 logic, the fix is to properly release refcnt and free
the memory space pointed by dst->_metrics if refcnt becomes 0.
Fixes: 93531c674315 ("net/ipv6: separate handling of FIB entries from dst based routes")
Reported-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.