From 98749b7188affbf2900c2aab704a8853901d1139 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wang Hai Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 20:18:51 +0800 Subject: yam: fix possible memory leak in yam_init_driver If register_netdev(dev) fails, free_netdev(dev) needs to be called, otherwise a memory leak will occur. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Reported-by: Hulk Robot Signed-off-by: Wang Hai Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c index 71cdef9fb56b..5ab53e9942f3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c +++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c @@ -1133,6 +1133,7 @@ static int __init yam_init_driver(void) err = register_netdev(dev); if (err) { printk(KERN_WARNING "yam: cannot register net device %s\n", dev->name); + free_netdev(dev); goto error; } yam_devs[i] = dev; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b