[PATCH 4.14 006/107] genetlink: Fix a memory leak on error path

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4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit ceabee6c59943bdd5e1da1a6a20dc7ee5f8113a2 ]

In genl_register_family(), when idr_alloc() fails,
we forget to free the memory we possibly allocate for
family->attrbuf.

Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 2ae0f17df1cd ("genetlink: use idr to track families")
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/netlink/genetlink.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ int genl_register_family(struct genl_fam
 			       start, end + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (family->id < 0) {
 		err = family->id;
-		goto errout_locked;
+		goto errout_free;
 	}
 
 	err = genl_validate_assign_mc_groups(family);
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ int genl_register_family(struct genl_fam
 
 errout_remove:
 	idr_remove(&genl_fam_idr, family->id);
+errout_free:
 	kfree(family->attrbuf);
 errout_locked:
 	genl_unlock_all();





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