From: dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn
To: "Oliver Hartkopp" <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Cc: kjlu@umn.edu, "Wolfgang Grandegger" <wg@grandegger.com>,
"Marc Kleine-Budde" <mkl@pengutronix.de>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
linux-can@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] can: vxcan: Fix memleak in vxcan_newlink
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:28:14 +0800 (GMT+08:00) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7799c305.e430.1754ec76e07.Coremail.dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <986c27bf-29b4-a4f7-1dcd-4cb5a446334b@hartkopp.net>
>
> On 21.10.20 07:21, Dinghao Liu wrote:
> > When rtnl_configure_link() fails, peer needs to be
> > freed just like when register_netdevice() fails.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn>
>
> Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
>
> Btw. as the vxcan.c driver bases on veth.c the same issue can be found
> there!
>
> At this point:
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/drivers/net/veth.c#L1398
>
> err_register_dev:
> /* nothing to do */
> err_configure_peer:
> unregister_netdevice(peer);
> return err; <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> err_register_peer:
> free_netdev(peer);
> return err;
> }
>
> IMO the return must be removed to fall through the next label and free
> the netdevice too.
>
> Would you like so send a patch for veth.c too?
>
Sure.
Regards,
Dinghao
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-22 5:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-21 5:21 [PATCH] can: vxcan: Fix memleak in vxcan_newlink Dinghao Liu
2020-10-21 11:20 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2020-10-22 5:28 ` dinghao.liu [this message]
2020-10-22 16:14 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-22 17:34 ` Oliver Hartkopp
2020-10-22 17:38 ` Marc Kleine-Budde
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