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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2024-10-14 08:03:44 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2024-10-14 08:03:44 +0200
commit64f3b5a6bc49adf77d58eddd72a4bfccd492fa24 (patch)
treecdd6aa7a0d21482ae4d1e76d837f3712c8c6481d /net/socket.c
parentUSB: chaoskey: Fix possible deadlock chaoskey_list_lock (diff)
parentLinux 6.12-rc3 (diff)
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Merge 6.12-rc3 into usb-next
We need the USB fixes in here as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/socket.c')
-rw-r--r--net/socket.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 601ad74930ef..042451f01c65 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1574,8 +1574,13 @@ int __sock_create(struct net *net, int family, int type, int protocol,
rcu_read_unlock();
err = pf->create(net, sock, protocol, kern);
- if (err < 0)
+ if (err < 0) {
+ /* ->create should release the allocated sock->sk object on error
+ * but it may leave the dangling pointer
+ */
+ sock->sk = NULL;
goto out_module_put;
+ }
/*
* Now to bump the refcnt of the [loadable] module that owns this