From ba9d20ee9076dac32c371116bacbe72480eb356c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Eckelmann Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 22:20:52 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] batman-adv: bla: put backbone reference on failed claim hash insert When batadv_bla_add_claim() fails to insert a new claim into the hash, it leaked a reference to the backbone_gw for which the claim was intended. Call batadv_backbone_gw_put() on the error path to release the reference and avoid leaking the backbone_gw object. Cc: stable@kernel.org Fixes: 3db0decf1185 ("batman-adv: Fix non-atomic bla_claim::backbone_gw access") Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann --- net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c index 879ab043d57a..cec11f1251d6 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c @@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ static void batadv_bla_add_claim(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, if (unlikely(hash_added != 0)) { /* only local changes happened. */ + batadv_backbone_gw_put(backbone_gw); kfree(claim); return; }