From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23C9AC433E3 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:40:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08D5F2064C for ; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 19:40:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728788AbgGQTkK (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:40:10 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35830 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728183AbgGQTkK (ORCPT ); Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:40:10 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net (shards.monkeyblade.net [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:9]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87082C0619D2; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:40:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:477::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CF29011E4591F; Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:40:09 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:40:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20200717.124009.223867297363163990.davem@davemloft.net> To: chenweilong@huawei.com Cc: kuba@kernel.org, jiri@mellanox.com, edumazet@google.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 net] rtnetlink: Fix memory(net_device) leak when ->newlink fails From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20200715125810.59760-1-chenweilong@huawei.com> References: <20200715125810.59760-1-chenweilong@huawei.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Fri, 17 Jul 2020 12:40:10 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Weilong Chen 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 > Signed-off-by: Weilong Chen Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.