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Wang Hai 6b70fc94af net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in netdev_register_kobject
When registering struct net_device, it will call
	register_netdevice ->
		netdev_register_kobject ->
			device_initialize(dev);
			dev_set_name(dev, "%s", ndev->name)
			device_add(dev)
			register_queue_kobjects(ndev)

In netdev_register_kobject(), if device_add(dev) or
register_queue_kobjects(ndev) failed. Register_netdevice()
will return error, causing netdev_freemem(ndev) to be
called to free net_device, however put_device(&dev->dev)->..->
kobject_cleanup() won't be called, resulting in a memory leak.

syzkaller report this:
BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff8881f4fad168 (size 8):
comm "syz-executor.0", pid 3575, jiffies 4294778002 (age 20.134s)
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
  77 70 61 6e 30 00 ff ff                          wpan0...
backtrace:
  [<000000006d2d91d7>] kstrdup_const+0x3d/0x50 mm/util.c:73
  [<00000000ba9ff953>] kvasprintf_const+0x112/0x170 lib/kasprintf.c:48
  [<000000005555ec09>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x55/0x130 lib/kobject.c:281
  [<0000000098d28ec3>] dev_set_name+0xbb/0xf0 drivers/base/core.c:1915
  [<00000000b7553017>] netdev_register_kobject+0xc0/0x410 net/core/net-sysfs.c:1727
  [<00000000c826a797>] register_netdevice+0xa51/0xeb0 net/core/dev.c:8711
  [<00000000857bfcfd>] cfg802154_update_iface_num.isra.2+0x13/0x90 [ieee802154]
  [<000000003126e453>] ieee802154_llsec_fill_key_id+0x1d5/0x570 [ieee802154]
  [<00000000e4b3df51>] 0xffffffffc1500e0e
  [<00000000b4319776>] platform_drv_probe+0xc6/0x180 drivers/base/platform.c:614
  [<0000000037669347>] really_probe+0x491/0x7c0 drivers/base/dd.c:509
  [<000000008fed8862>] driver_probe_device+0xdc/0x240 drivers/base/dd.c:671
  [<00000000baf52041>] device_driver_attach+0xf2/0x130 drivers/base/dd.c:945
  [<00000000c7cc8dec>] __driver_attach+0x10e/0x210 drivers/base/dd.c:1022
  [<0000000057a757c2>] bus_for_each_dev+0x154/0x1e0 drivers/base/bus.c:304
  [<000000005f5ae04b>] bus_add_driver+0x427/0x5e0 drivers/base/bus.c:645

Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@huawei.com>
Fixes: 1fa5ae857b ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array")
Signed-off-by: Wang Hai <wanghai26@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2019-03-21 13:38:27 -07:00
arch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf 2019-03-16 12:20:08 -07:00
block mm: refactor readahead defines in mm.h 2019-03-12 10:04:01 -07:00
certs
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Documentation Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf 2019-03-21 10:07:00 -07:00
drivers net: macb: Add null check for PCLK and HCLK 2019-03-21 13:22:41 -07:00
fs filesystem-dax for 5.1 2019-03-13 09:37:09 -07:00
include net/sched: let actions use RCU to access 'goto_chain' 2019-03-21 13:26:42 -07:00
init init/main: add checks for the return value of memblock_alloc*() 2019-03-12 10:04:02 -07:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.mount' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 14:08:19 -07:00
kernel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf 2019-03-16 12:20:08 -07:00
lib Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:43:42 -07:00
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mm filemap: pass vm_fault to the mmap ra helpers 2019-03-14 14:36:20 -07:00
net net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in netdev_register_kobject 2019-03-21 13:38:27 -07:00
samples Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-03-11 08:54:01 -07:00
scripts Kconfig updates for v5.1 2019-03-13 10:06:28 -07:00
security selinux/stable-5.1 PR 20190312 2019-03-13 11:10:42 -07:00
sound
tools net/sched: act_vlan: validate the control action inside init() 2019-03-21 13:26:42 -07:00
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.clang-format Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:43:42 -07:00
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Kbuild Kbuild updates for v5.1 2019-03-10 17:48:21 -07:00
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MAINTAINERS Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2019-03-14 09:28:12 -07:00
Makefile Kbuild updates for v5.1 2019-03-10 17:48:21 -07:00
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