From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 166ee5b87866de07a3e56c1b757f2b5cabba72a5 upstream. Should qdisc_alloc() fail, we must release the module refcount we got right before. Fixes: 6da7c8fcbcbd ("qdisc: allow setting default queuing discipline") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/sched/sch_generic.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c @@ -626,18 +626,19 @@ struct Qdisc *qdisc_create_dflt(struct n struct Qdisc *sch; if (!try_module_get(ops->owner)) - goto errout; + return NULL; sch = qdisc_alloc(dev_queue, ops); - if (IS_ERR(sch)) - goto errout; + if (IS_ERR(sch)) { + module_put(ops->owner); + return NULL; + } sch->parent = parentid; if (!ops->init || ops->init(sch, NULL) == 0) return sch; qdisc_destroy(sch); -errout: return NULL; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(qdisc_create_dflt);