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diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 626a58206298..6b178e1247b5 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1396,6 +1396,9 @@ netlink_kernel_create(struct net *net, int unit, unsigned int groups,
}
netlink_table_ungrab();
+ /* Do not hold an extra referrence to a namespace as this socket is
+ * internal to a namespace and does not prevent it to stop. */
+ put_net(net);
return sk;
out_sock_release:
@@ -1411,7 +1414,19 @@ netlink_kernel_release(struct sock *sk)
{
if (sk == NULL || sk->sk_socket == NULL)
return;
+
+ /*
+ * Last sock_put should drop referrence to sk->sk_net. It has already
+ * been dropped in netlink_kernel_create. Taking referrence to stopping
+ * namespace is not an option.
+ * Take referrence to a socket to remove it from netlink lookup table
+ * _alive_ and after that destroy it in the context of init_net.
+ */
+ sock_hold(sk);
sock_release(sk->sk_socket);
+
+ sk->sk_net = get_net(&init_net);
+ sock_put(sk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_kernel_release);