If addition of sysfs files fails on registration of a hotplug slot, the struct pci_slot as well as the entry in the slot_list is leaked. The issue has been present since the hotplug core was introduced in 2002: https://git.kernel.org/tglx/history/c/a8a2069f432c Perhaps the idea was that even though sysfs addition fails, the slot should still be usable. But that's not how drivers use the interface, they abort probe if a non-zero value is returned. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v2.4.15+ Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c index af92fed46ab7..fd93783a87b0 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c @@ -438,8 +438,17 @@ int __pci_hp_register(struct hotplug_slot *slot, struct pci_bus *bus, list_add(&slot->slot_list, &pci_hotplug_slot_list); result = fs_add_slot(pci_slot); + if (result) + goto err_list_del; + kobject_uevent(&pci_slot->kobj, KOBJ_ADD); dbg("Added slot %s to the list\n", name); + goto out; + +err_list_del: + list_del(&slot->slot_list); + pci_slot->hotplug = NULL; + pci_destroy_slot(pci_slot); out: mutex_unlock(&pci_hp_mutex); return result; -- 2.17.1
