vlan: Fix register_vlan_dev() error path
commita5ad94d1e45df0cc29918fb5309ef85b99fc58c5
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:45:04 +0000 (17 06:45 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:43:58 +0000 (18 13:43 -0800)
tree61bd2dc8eb7f8991f43588a57ded82194d22c93c
parent0d1bb4e684935fce3fc71bdeb6c1fc89af8e59bb
vlan: Fix register_vlan_dev() error path

[ Upstream commit 6b863d1d3239eff0f45c2e6e672f5b56db828db0 ]

In case register_netdevice() returns an error, and a new vlan_group
was allocated and inserted in vlan_group_hash[] we call
vlan_group_free() without deleting group from hash table. Future
lookups can give infinite loops or crashes.

We must delete the vlan_group using RCU safe procedure.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
net/8021q/vlan.c