In hugetlb_sysfs_add_hstate(), we would do kobject_put() on hstate_kobjs
when failed to create sysfs group but forget to set hstate_kobjs to NULL.
Then in hugetlb_register_node() error path, we may free it again via
hugetlb_unregister_node().
Fixes: a3437870160c ("hugetlb: new sysfs interface")
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/hugetlb.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index e249bffa0e75..91a2a2025a2c 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2947,8 +2947,10 @@ static int hugetlb_sysfs_add_hstate(struct hstate *h, struct kobject *parent,
return -ENOMEM;
retval = sysfs_create_group(hstate_kobjs[hi], hstate_attr_group);
- if (retval)
+ if (retval) {
kobject_put(hstate_kobjs[hi]);
+ hstate_kobjs[hi] = NULL;
+ }
return retval;
}
--
2.19.1
