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tcp: reset sk_rx_dst in tcp_disconnect()
We have to reset the sk->sk_rx_dst when we disconnect a TCP connection, because otherwise when we re-connect it this dst reference is simply overridden in tcp_finish_connect(). This fixes a dst leak which leads to a loopback dev refcnt leak. It is a long-standing bug, Kevin reported a very similar (if not same) bug before. Thanks to Andrei for providing such a reliable reproducer which greatly narrows down the problem. Fixes: 41063e9 ("ipv4: Early TCP socket demux.") Reported-by: Andrei Vagin <[email protected]> Reported-by: Kevin Xu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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net/ipv4/tcp.c

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@@ -2330,6 +2330,8 @@ int tcp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
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tcp_init_send_head(sk);
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memset(&tp->rx_opt, 0, sizeof(tp->rx_opt));
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__sk_dst_reset(sk);
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dst_release(sk->sk_rx_dst);
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sk->sk_rx_dst = NULL;
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tcp_saved_syn_free(tp);
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/* Clean up fastopen related fields */

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