kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add(): If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix memory leak by calling kobject_put(). Fixes: c2e5df616e1a ("vmbus: add per-channel sysfs info") Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c index 17bf55fe3169..9e055697783b 100644 --- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c +++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c @@ -2028,8 +2028,10 @@ int vmbus_add_channel_kobj(struct hv_device *dev, struct vmbus_channel *channel) kobj->kset = dev->channels_kset; ret = kobject_init_and_add(kobj, &vmbus_chan_ktype, NULL, "%u", relid); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + kobject_put(kobj); return ret; + } ret = sysfs_create_group(kobj, &vmbus_chan_group); -- 2.17.1