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[NETLINK]: Don't leak 'listeners' in netlink_kernel_create() 

The Coverity checker spotted that we'll leak the storage allocated
to 'listeners' in netlink_kernel_create() when the
  if (!nl_table[unit].registered)
check is false.

This patch avoids the leak.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Jesper Juhl 2007-10-15 01:39:12 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 1dff92e09e
commit f937f1f46b
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@ -1378,6 +1378,8 @@ netlink_kernel_create(struct net *net, int unit, unsigned int groups,
nl_table[unit].cb_mutex = cb_mutex;
nl_table[unit].module = module;
nl_table[unit].registered = 1;
} else {
kfree(listeners);
}
netlink_table_ungrab();