linux-kernel - [PATCH] cfg80211: fix memory leak of wiphy device name

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Date:   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 13:02:19 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rafael@...nel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: fix memory leak of wiphy device name

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

In wiphy_new_nm(), if an error occurs after dev_set_name() and
device_initialize() have already been called, it's necessary to call
put_device() (via wiphy_free()) to avoid a memory leak.

Reported-by: syzbot+7fddca22578bc67c3fe4@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 1f87f7d3a3b4 ("cfg80211: add rfkill support")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 net/wireless/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 037816163e70d..458f5e0906875 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ struct wiphy *wiphy_new_nm(const struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv,
 				   &rdev->rfkill_ops, rdev);
 
 	if (!rdev->rfkill) {
-		kfree(rdev);
+		wiphy_free(&rdev->wiphy);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
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