rtnetlink: fix a memory leak when ->newlink fails
It is possible that ->newlink() fails before registering
the device, in this case we should just free it, it's
safe to call free_netdev().
Fixes: commit 0e0eee2465df77bcec2 (net: correct error path in rtnl_newlink())
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 2d8d8fc..f4e9037 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2019,11 +2019,15 @@
if (ops->newlink) {
err = ops->newlink(net, dev, tb, data);
/* Drivers should call free_netdev() in ->destructor
- * and unregister it on failure so that device could be
- * finally freed in rtnl_unlock.
+ * and unregister it on failure after registration
+ * so that device could be finally freed in rtnl_unlock.
*/
- if (err < 0)
+ if (err < 0) {
+ /* If device is not registered at all, free it now */
+ if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED)
+ free_netdev(dev);
goto out;
+ }
} else {
err = register_netdevice(dev);
if (err < 0) {