Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:40:09 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 net] rtnetlink: Fix memory(net_device) leak when ->newlink fails | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Weilong Chen <chenweilong@huawei.com> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:58:10 +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. ... > Fixes: cb626bf566eb ("net-sysfs: Fix reference count leak") > Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@huawei.com> > Signed-off-by: Weilong Chen <chenweilong@huawei.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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