Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:02:06 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: Fix memory(net_device) leak when ->newlink fails | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Weilong Chen <chenweilong@huawei.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:55:28 +0800
> When vlan_newlink call register_vlan_dev fails, it might return error > with dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED. The rtnl_newlink should > free the memory. But currently rtnl_newlink only free the memory which > state is NETREG_UNINITIALIZED. ... > Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@huawei.com> > Signed-off-by: Weilong Chen <chenweilong@huawei.com>
This needs a Fixes: tag.
Also, can't this bug happen in mainline too? It's a bug fix and therefore should target 'net' instead of 'net-next'.
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