]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/kernel/stable.git/commit
cfg80211: fix memory leak of wiphy device name
authorEric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Mon, 10 Jun 2019 20:02:19 +0000 (13:02 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 03:34:55 +0000 (11:34 +0800)
commit4a6d3e2fcada25b61745c71afb09c35383ef0b3f
tree7d2bef7f8567706484749c0967698e390638653f
parent4bb1bedcf3479b05567513ee21734524b838d794
cfg80211: fix memory leak of wiphy device name

commit 4f488fbca2a86cc7714a128952eead92cac279ab upstream.

In wiphy_new_nm(), if an error occurs after dev_set_name() and
device_initialize() have already been called, it's necessary to call
put_device() (via wiphy_free()) to avoid a memory leak.

Reported-by: syzbot+7fddca22578bc67c3fe4@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 1f87f7d3a3b4 ("cfg80211: add rfkill support")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/wireless/core.c