From e51fb152318ee6502a2d224771b0bbbbda046128 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cong Wang Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:40:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] rtnetlink: fix a memory leak when ->newlink fails It is possible that ->newlink() fails before registering the device, in this case we should just free it, it's safe to call free_netdev(). Fixes: commit 0e0eee2465df77bcec2 (net: correct error path in rtnl_newlink()) Cc: David S. Miller Cc: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: Cong Wang Signed-off-by: Cong Wang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 2d8d8fcfa060..f4e9037f9a0c 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -2019,11 +2019,15 @@ replay: if (ops->newlink) { err = ops->newlink(net, dev, tb, data); /* Drivers should call free_netdev() in ->destructor - * and unregister it on failure so that device could be - * finally freed in rtnl_unlock. + * and unregister it on failure after registration + * so that device could be finally freed in rtnl_unlock. */ - if (err < 0) + if (err < 0) { + /* If device is not registered at all, free it now */ + if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) + free_netdev(dev); goto out; + } } else { err = register_netdevice(dev); if (err < 0) {