net/core: Fix potential memory leak in dev_set_alias()
authorAlexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
Wed, 8 Aug 2012 00:33:25 +0000 (00:33 +0000)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:04:48 +0000 (15:04 +0100)
commit47be27f0e491483c16285ed023874929824b5190
tree7796a06315590d3922a90bc37335581e8419f86d
parent3f37c3bd4cded42d856f5f9d40a830bfefa57b58
net/core: Fix potential memory leak in dev_set_alias()

[ Upstream commit 7364e445f62825758fa61195d237a5b8ecdd06ec ]

Do not leak memory by updating pointer with potentially NULL realloc return value.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@ispras.ru>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
net/core/dev.c