net: hns3: make sure ptp clock is unregister and freed if hclge_ptp_get_cycle returns an error
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hns3: make sure ptp clock is unregister and freed if hclge_ptp_get_cycle returns an error During the initialization of ptp, hclge_ptp_get_cycle might return an error and returned directly without unregister clock and free it. To avoid that, call hclge_ptp_destroy_clock to unregist and free clock if hclge_ptp_get_cycle failed.
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Remediation
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7d8d4529984e2d4a72a6d552fb886233e8e83cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33244e98aa9503585e585335fe2ceb4492630949
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c04e507f3a5c5dc6e2b9ab37d8cdedee1ef1a37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cfc43c0e6e6a31122b4008d763a2960c206aa2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21dba813d9821687a7f9aff576798ba21a859a32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7365eab39831487a84e63a9638209b68dc54008
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