[PATCH] yam: fix possible memory leak in yam_init_driver
From: Wang Hai
Date: Thu Jun 04 2020 - 08:19:29 EST
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 <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <wanghai38@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c
index 71cdef9..5ab53e9 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;
--
1.8.3.1