Freeing netdev without free_netdev() leads to net, tx leaks. I might lead to dereferencing freed pointer. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) @@ struct net_device* dev; @@ -kfree(dev) +free_netdev(dev) --- drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c index 6edf20b..2c7d2d9 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c +++ b/drivers/s390/net/ctcm_main.c @@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ static struct net_device *ctcm_init_netdevice(struct ctcm_priv *priv) dev_fsm, dev_fsm_len, GFP_KERNEL); if (priv->fsm == NULL) { CTCMY_DBF_DEV(SETUP, dev, "init_fsm error"); - kfree(dev); + free_netdev(dev); return NULL; } fsm_newstate(priv->fsm, DEV_STATE_STOPPED); @@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static struct net_device *ctcm_init_netdevice(struct ctcm_priv *priv) grp = ctcmpc_init_mpc_group(priv); if (grp == NULL) { MPC_DBF_DEV(SETUP, dev, "init_mpc_group error"); - kfree(dev); + free_netdev(dev); return NULL; } tasklet_init(&grp->mpc_tasklet2, -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
