From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 55b7ab1178cbf41f979ff83236d3321ad35ed2ad ] VLAN checks for NETREG_UNINITIALIZED to distinguish between registration failure and unregistration in progress. Since commit cb626bf566eb ("net-sysfs: Fix reference count leak") registration failure may, however, result in NETREG_UNREGISTERED as well as NETREG_UNINITIALIZED. This fix is similer to cebb69754f37 ("rtnetlink: Fix memory(net_device) leak when ->newlink fails") Fixes: cb626bf566eb ("net-sysfs: Fix reference count leak") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/8021q/vlan.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/8021q/vlan.c +++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c @@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ static int register_vlan_device(struct n return 0; out_free_newdev: - if (new_dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) + if (new_dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED || + new_dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNREGISTERED) free_netdev(new_dev); return err; }