Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:36:29 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net] netlink: avoid a double skb free in genlmsg_mcast() | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:10:23 +0100
> nlmsg_multicast() consumes always the skb, thus the original skb must be > freed only when this function is called with a clone. > > Fixes: cb9f7a9a5c96 ("netlink: ensure to loop over all netns in genlmsg_multicast_allns()") > Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk> > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Yeah these "clone until final send" loops can be tricky to manage.
Good catch, applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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