From 4b95ede6f6116ae1c0ed9605ec97d856c4814569 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Emelyanov Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 23:51:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ppp: Do not free not yet unregistered net device. An error path in ppp_create_interface() lacks one and may BUG in free_netdev() checking for proper dev->reg_state. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ppp_generic.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c index d3207c0da895..1f4ca2b54a73 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c @@ -2458,6 +2458,7 @@ ppp_create_interface(int unit, int *retp) out3: atomic_dec(&ppp_unit_count); + unregister_netdev(dev); out2: mutex_unlock(&all_ppp_mutex); free_netdev(dev); -- 2.20.1