linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.3] vrf: Fix memory leak on registration failure in vrf

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Date:	Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:15:10 -0700
From:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.3] vrf: Fix memory leak on registration failure in
 vrf_newlink()

On 12/15/15 8:12 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> @@ -598,7 +599,10 @@ static int vrf_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
>
>   	rcu_assign_pointer(dev->vrf_ptr, vrf_ptr);
>
> -	return register_netdev(dev);
> +	err = register_netdev(dev);
> +	if (err)
> +		kfree(vrf_ptr);
> +	return err;
>   }
>
>   static size_t vrf_nl_getsize(const struct net_device *dev)
>

The rcu_assign_pointer should only be done if the register_netdev succeeded.

Thanks for creating the patch.

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