[PATCH net] bnge: Fix resource leak in bnge_init_nic() error path

From: Bhargava Marreddy

Date: Wed Aug 05 2026 - 05:42:18 EST


If bnge_init_chip() fails, bnge_init_nic() jumps to err_free_ring_grps
and returns immediately, skipping cleanup for RX ring pair buffers.

Remove the early return so execution falls through to
err_free_rx_ring_pair_bufs to properly free resources on error.

Fixes: 23df6aebf803 ("bng_en: Allocate stat contexts")
Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy <bhargava.marreddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dharmender Garg <dharmender.garg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula <rajashekar.hudumula@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.c
index c2e865f8d9c..a4288f0258f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.c
@@ -2820,8 +2820,6 @@ static int bnge_init_nic(struct bnge_net *bn)

err_free_ring_grps:
bnge_free_ring_grps(bn);
- return rc;
-
err_free_rx_ring_pair_bufs:
bnge_free_rx_ring_pair_bufs(bn);
return rc;
--
2.47.3