[PATCH net] net: fix a leak in register_netdevice()

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We have to free "dev->name_node" on this error path.

Fixes: ff92741270bf ("net: introduce name_node struct to be used in hashlist")
Reported-by: syzbot+6e13e65ffbaa33757bcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d75fd04d4e2c..9cc4b193d8c4 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9246,7 +9246,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 		if (ret) {
 			if (ret > 0)
 				ret = -EIO;
-			goto out;
+			goto err_free_name;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -9361,12 +9361,13 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	return ret;
 
 err_uninit:
-	if (dev->name_node)
-		netdev_name_node_free(dev->name_node);
 	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_uninit)
 		dev->netdev_ops->ndo_uninit(dev);
 	if (dev->priv_destructor)
 		dev->priv_destructor(dev);
+err_free_name:
+	if (dev->name_node)
+		netdev_name_node_free(dev->name_node);
 	goto out;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_netdevice);
-- 
2.11.0




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