[PATCH 4.4 042/137] ppp: release rtnl mutex when interface creation fails

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Apr 17 2016 - 23:04:36 EST


4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 6faac63a6986f29ef39827f460edd3a5ba64ad5c ]

Add missing rtnl_unlock() in the error path of ppp_create_interface().

Fixes: 58a89ecaca53 ("ppp: fix lockdep splat in ppp_dev_uninit()")
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2803,6 +2803,7 @@ static struct ppp *ppp_create_interface(

out2:
mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex);
+ rtnl_unlock();
free_netdev(dev);
out1:
*retp = ret;