Merge v7.0.11linux-rolling-stable

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
index c7f382437630..bdb56ef0c904 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
@@ -455,10 +455,12 @@ int ovpn_nl_peer_new_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 sock_release:
 	ovpn_socket_release(peer);
 peer_release:
-	/* release right away because peer was not yet hashed, thus it is not
-	 * used in any context
+	/* For UDP, the peer is unreachable until added to the hashtables, so
+	 * dropping the initial reference is enough. For TCP, the peer may be
+	 * concurrently reachable via sk_user_data->peer until
+	 * ovpn_socket_release() detaches; rely on the refcount.
 	 */
-	ovpn_peer_release(peer);
+	ovpn_peer_put(peer);
 
 	return ret;
 }