Inject fault while loading module (e.g. pktcdvd.ko), kset_register() may fail in __class_register(), if it fails, but the refcount of kobject is not decreased to 0, the name allocated in kobject_set_name() is leaked. To fix this by calling kfree_const(). unreferenced object 0xffff888102fa8190 (size 8): comm "modprobe", pid 502, jiffies 4294906074 (age 49.296s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 70 6b 74 63 64 76 64 00 pktcdvd. backtrace: [<00000000e7c7703d>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x1ae/0x320 [<000000005e4d70bc>] kstrdup+0x3a/0x70 [<00000000c2e5e85a>] kstrdup_const+0x68/0x80 [<000000000049a8c7>] kvasprintf_const+0x10b/0x190 [<0000000029123163>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150 [<00000000747219c9>] kobject_set_name+0xab/0xe0 [<0000000005f1ea4e>] __class_register+0x15c/0x49a If class_add_groups() fails, it need delete kobject and free its name, besides, subsys_private also need be freed. unreferenced object 0xffff888037274000 (size 1024): comm "modprobe", pid 502, jiffies 4294906074 (age 49.296s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 40 27 37 80 88 ff ff 00 40 27 37 80 88 ff ff .@'7.....@'7.... 00 00 00 00 ad 4e ad de ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 .....N.......... backtrace: [<00000000151f9600>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x17c/0x2f0 [<00000000ecf3dd95>] __class_register+0x86/0x49a It can not call kset_put() or kset_unregister() in error path, because the 'cls' will be freed in callback function class_release() and it also freed in error path, it will cause double free. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/class.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c index 64f7b9a0970f..87de0a04ee9b 100644 --- a/drivers/base/class.c +++ b/drivers/base/class.c @@ -187,11 +187,17 @@ int __class_register(struct class *cls, struct lock_class_key *key) error = kset_register(&cp->subsys); if (error) { + kfree_const(cp->subsys.kobj.name); kfree(cp); return error; } error = class_add_groups(class_get(cls), cls->class_groups); class_put(cls); + if (error) { + kobject_del(&cp->subsys.kobj); + kfree_const(cp->subsys.kobj.name); + kfree(cp); + } return error; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__class_register); -- 2.25.1