From: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 2c9d8e01f0c6017317eee7638496173d4a64e6bc ] In the nsim_create(), rtnl_lock() is called before nsim_bpf_init(). If nsim_bpf_init() is failed, rtnl_unlock() should be called, but it isn't called. So, unbalanced locking would occur. Fixes: e05b2d141fef ("netdevsim: move netdev creation/destruction to dev probe") Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c index 55f57f76d01bb..a6bbe93f29ef6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ nsim_create(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev, struct nsim_dev_port *nsim_dev_port) rtnl_lock(); err = nsim_bpf_init(ns); if (err) - goto err_free_netdev; + goto err_rtnl_unlock; nsim_ipsec_init(ns); @@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ nsim_create(struct nsim_dev *nsim_dev, struct nsim_dev_port *nsim_dev_port) err_ipsec_teardown: nsim_ipsec_teardown(ns); nsim_bpf_uninit(ns); +err_rtnl_unlock: rtnl_unlock(); -err_free_netdev: free_netdev(dev); return ERR_PTR(err); } -- 2.25.1