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vmm: Fix a resource leak in an error path
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Authored by markj on Feb 2 2026, 11:00 PM.
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Summary

vmmdev_create() increments the VM count as its last step and calls
vmmdev_destroy() if it fails. However, vmmdev_destroy() unconditionally
decrements the count.

Correct this bug by reordering operations.

Fixes: 1092ec8b3375 ("kern: Introduce RLIMIT_VMM")

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