netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: Fix memory(net

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 14:47:12 +0800
From:   Weilong Chen <chenweilong@...wei.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     <kuba@...nel.org>, <jiri@...lanox.com>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: Fix memory(net_device) leak when
 ->newlink fails

On 2020/7/14 3:02, David Miller wrote:
> From: Weilong Chen <chenweilong@...wei.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@...wei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Weilong Chen <chenweilong@...wei.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'.
>> .
> 
Yes, it can happend in mainline, I'll send a v2 PATCH.