Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] net: openvswitch: Check vport netdev name

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:38:50 -0700

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:14:25 +0800 Jun Gu wrote:
>  	vport->dev = dev_get_by_name(ovs_dp_get_net(vport->dp), name);
> -	if (!vport->dev) {
> +	/* Ensure that the device exists and that the provided
> +	 * name is not one of its aliases.
> +	 */
> +	if (!vport->dev || strcmp(name, ovs_vport_name(vport))) {
>  		err = -ENODEV;
>  		goto error_free_vport;
>  	}

Sorry I applied this before I realised that it's buggy.
dev_get_by_name() will give you a reference on the device.
You must free it, so the error handling is different.
Please follow up ASAP to fix that.