From: Nicolas Dichtel nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 23:10:37 +0100

A call to rtnl_nets_destroy() is needed to release references taken on netns put in rtnl_nets.

CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 636af13f213b ("rtnetlink: Register rtnl_dellink() and rtnl_setlink() with RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_PERNET_WIP.") Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com

Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima kuniyu@amazon.com

Thanks!

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net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 1f4d4b5570ab..d1e559fce918 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -3432,6 +3432,7 @@ static int rtnl_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, err = -ENODEV; rtnl_nets_unlock(&rtnl_nets);

• rtnl_nets_destroy(&rtnl_nets);

errout: return err; } -- 2.47.1