The creds are allocated via prepare_kernel_cred() which has already
taken a reference.
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
index 96a2c3011ca82148b4ba547764a1f92e252dbf5f..740ef6223a62ca37e776d1558f840f09c7c46c95 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
- old_cred = override_creds(get_new_cred(kern_cred));
+ old_cred = override_creds(kern_cred);
ret = fw_get_filesystem_firmware(device, fw->priv, "", NULL);
@@ -945,7 +945,6 @@ _request_firmware(const struct firmware **firmware_p, const char *name,
ret = assign_fw(fw, device);
put_cred(revert_creds(old_cred));
- put_cred(kern_cred);
out:
if (ret < 0) {
--
2.45.2
