From 11f3a6bdc2528d1ce2af50202dbf7138fdee1b34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Dumazet Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:05:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] bridge: fix a possible net_device leak Jan Beulich reported a possible net_device leak in bridge code after commit bb900b27a2f4 (bridge: allow creating bridge devices with netlink) Reported-by: Jan Beulich Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/bridge/br_if.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c index 2cdf0070..e738154 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_if.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c @@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ static struct net_bridge_port *new_nbp(struct net_bridge *br, int br_add_bridge(struct net *net, const char *name) { struct net_device *dev; + int res; dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_bridge), name, br_dev_setup); @@ -240,7 +241,10 @@ int br_add_bridge(struct net *net, const char *name) dev_net_set(dev, net); - return register_netdev(dev); + res = register_netdev(dev); + if (res) + free_netdev(dev); + return res; } int br_del_bridge(struct net *net, const char *name) -- 2.7.4