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Diffstat (limited to 'net/socket.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/socket.c | 7 |
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 |