ionic: Fix netdev notifier unregister on failure
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: Fix netdev notifier unregister on failure If register_netdev() fails, then the driver leaks the netdev notifier. Fix this by calling ionic_lif_unregister() on register_netdev() failure. This will also call ionic_lif_unregister_phc() if it has already been registered.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ionic: Fix netdev notifier unregister on failure If register_netdev() fails, then the driver leaks the netdev notifier. Fix this by calling ionic_lif_unregister() on register_netdev() failure. This will also call ionic_lif_unregister_phc() if it has already been registered.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87847938f5708b2509b279369c96572254bcf2ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9590d32e090ea2751e131ae5273859ca22f5ac14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da5736f516a664a9e1ff74902663c64c423045d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da93a12876f8b969df7316dc93aac7e725f88252
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2e931b2b46de9af7f681258e8ec8e2cd81cfc6
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56715.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56715