3.16.75-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> commit c5a3aed1cd3152429348ee1fe5cdcca65fe901ce upstream. This patch add error path for can_init() to avoid possible crash if some error occurs. Fixes: 0d66548a10cb ("[CAN]: Add PF_CAN core module") Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.16: - af_can doesn't register any pernet_operations - It does start a global timer and add procfs entries that need to be cleaned up on the error path] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/net/can/af_can.c +++ b/net/can/af_can.c @@ -899,6 +899,8 @@ static struct notifier_block can_netdev_ static __init int can_init(void) { + int err; + /* check for correct padding to be able to use the structs similarly */ BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct can_frame, can_dlc) != offsetof(struct canfd_frame, len) || @@ -924,12 +926,29 @@ static __init int can_init(void) can_init_proc(); /* protocol register */ - sock_register(&can_family_ops); - register_netdevice_notifier(&can_netdev_notifier); + err = sock_register(&can_family_ops); + if (err) + goto out_sock; + err = register_netdevice_notifier(&can_netdev_notifier); + if (err) + goto out_notifier; + dev_add_pack(&can_packet); dev_add_pack(&canfd_packet); return 0; + +out_notifier: + sock_unregister(PF_CAN); +out_sock: + kmem_cache_destroy(rcv_cache); + + if (stats_timer) + del_timer_sync(&can_stattimer); + + can_remove_proc(); + + return err; } static __exit void can_exit(void)