ipv6: avoid a dst_entry refcount change in ipv6_destopt_rcv()

ipv6_destopt_rcv() runs with rcu_read_lock(), so there is no need to
take a temporay reference on dst_entry, even if skb is freed by
ip6_parse_tlv()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
index 79a485e8a700..1318de4c3e8d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/exthdrs.c
@@ -273,12 +273,12 @@ static int ipv6_destopt_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 #if defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6_MODULE)
         __u16 dstbuf;
 #endif
-        struct dst_entry *dst;
+        struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
 
         if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb) + 8) ||
             !pskb_may_pull(skb, (skb_transport_offset(skb) +
                                  ((skb_transport_header(skb)[1] + 1) << 3)))) {
-                IP6_INC_STATS_BH(dev_net(skb_dst(skb)->dev), ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)),
+                IP6_INC_STATS_BH(dev_net(dst->dev), ip6_dst_idev(dst),
                                  IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS);
                 kfree_skb(skb);
                 return -1;
@@ -289,9 +289,7 @@ static int ipv6_destopt_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
         dstbuf = opt->dst1;
 #endif
 
-        dst = dst_clone(skb_dst(skb));
         if (ip6_parse_tlv(tlvprocdestopt_lst, skb)) {
-                dst_release(dst);
                 skb->transport_header += (skb_transport_header(skb)[1] + 1) << 3;
                 opt = IP6CB(skb);
 #if defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6_MODULE)
@@ -304,7 +302,6 @@ static int ipv6_destopt_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
         IP6_INC_STATS_BH(dev_net(dst->dev),
                          ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_INHDRERRORS);
-        dst_release(dst);
         return -1;
 }