From: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx> commit deb7178eb940e2c5caca1b1db084a69b2e59b4c9 upstream. fp is netdev private data and it cannot be used after free_netdev() call. Using fp after free_netdev() can cause UAF bug. Fix it by moving free_netdev() after error message. Fixes: 61414f5ec983 ("FDDI: defza: Add support for DEC FDDIcontroller 700 TURBOchannel adapter") Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/fddi/defza.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/fddi/defza.c +++ b/drivers/net/fddi/defza.c @@ -1504,9 +1504,8 @@ err_out_resource: release_mem_region(start, len); err_out_kfree: - free_netdev(dev); - pr_err("%s: initialization failure, aborting!\n", fp->name); + free_netdev(dev); return ret; }