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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: Fix memory leak in nf_register_net_hook
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:14:38 +0200
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On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 10:21:14AM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> In the rare case that when it is a attempted to use a per network device
> netfilter hook and the network device does not exist the newly allocated
> structure can leak.
> 
> Be a good citizen and free the newly allocated structure in the error
> handling code.

Applied.