[PATCH] 2.4: [PPPOE]: memory leak when socket is release()d before PPPIOCGCHAN has been called on it

This is a 2.4 backport of a linux-2.6 change by Florian Zumbiehl. (commit 202a03acf9994076055df40ae093a5c5474ad0bd) CVE-2007-2525 was assigned for this issue. It has been compile tested-only. Commit log from 2.6 follows. below you find a patch that fixes a memory leak when a PPPoE socket is

[PATCH] 2.4: [PPPOE]: memory leak when socket is release()d before PPPIOCGCHAN has been called on it

This is a 2.4 backport of a linux-2.6 change by Florian Zumbiehl. (commit 202a03acf9994076055df40ae093a5c5474ad0bd) CVE-2007-2525 was assigned for this issue. It has been compile tested-only. Commit log from 2.6 follows. below you find a patch that fixes a memory leak when a PPPoE socket is