From: Wen Yang <wen.yang99@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 40752b3eae29f8ca2378e978a02bd6dbeeb06d16 ] This patch fixes potential double frees if register_hdlc_device() fails. Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang99@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Zhao Qiang <qiang.zhao@xxxxxxx> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c b/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c index 5f0366a125e26..0212f576a838c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/fsl_ucc_hdlc.c @@ -1113,7 +1113,6 @@ static int ucc_hdlc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) if (register_hdlc_device(dev)) { ret = -ENOBUFS; pr_err("ucc_hdlc: unable to register hdlc device\n"); - free_netdev(dev); goto free_dev; } -- 2.20.1