From: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 1b49cd71b52403822731dc9f283185d1da355f97 ] When devinet_sysctl_register() failed, the memory allocated in neigh_parms_alloc() should be freed. Fixes: 20e61da7ffcf ("ipv4: fail early when creating netdev named all or default") Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/devinet.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ static struct in_device *inetdev_init(st err = devinet_sysctl_register(in_dev); if (err) { in_dev->dead = 1; + neigh_parms_release(&arp_tbl, in_dev->arp_parms); in_dev_put(in_dev); in_dev = NULL; goto out;