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devlink: fix net namespace reference leak in reload
authorOr Har-Toov <ohartoov@nvidia.com>
Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:06:00 +0000 (11:06 +0300)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 1 Aug 2026 01:23:44 +0000 (18:23 -0700)
commit1c4dac9bf1d2ac31da63b794bdec697777cbd0fd
tree147ddf880571a7ef9dabca419bee7d58f813603f
parentf307a7dc32097c11413178fca437a10d20890bc2
devlink: fix net namespace reference leak in reload

devlink_nl_reload_doit() calls devlink_netns_get(), which returns a net
with a held reference. When the requested namespace differs from the
current one and the reload action is not DRIVER_REINIT, the function
returns -EOPNOTSUPP without releasing the reference. Add the missing
put_net() on this error path.

Fixes: 2edd92570441 ("devlink: don't allow to change net namespace for FW_ACTIVATE reload action")
Signed-off-by: Or Har-Toov <ohartoov@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260729080600.2427721-1-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/devlink/dev.c