From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 1f87f7d3a3b4 ("cfg80211: add rfkill support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/wireless/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index 037816163e70d..458f5e0906875 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ struct wiphy *wiphy_new_nm(const struct cfg80211_ops *ops, int sizeof_priv,
&rdev->rfkill_ops, rdev);
if (!rdev->rfkill) {
- kfree(rdev);
+ wiphy_free(&rdev->wiphy);
return NULL;
}
--
2.22.0.rc2.383.gf4fbbf30c2-goog
