linux-kernel - Re: [patch] kobject: free memory if netlink_kernel

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Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 03:25:37 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] kobject: free memory if netlink_kernel_create() fails

Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com> writes:

> There is a kfree(ue_sk) missing on the error path if 
> netlink_kernel_create() fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>

Oops.

> diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
> index 59c1551..08e15f7 100644
> --- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
> +++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
> @@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ static int uevent_net_init(struct net *net)
>  	if (!ue_sk->sk) {
>  		printk(KERN_ERR
>  		       "kobject_uevent: unable to create netlink socket!\n");
> +		kfree(ue_sk);
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  	}
>  	mutex_lock(&uevent_sock_mutex);
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