The patch titled
kobject: kobject_add() reference leak
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kobject-kobject_add-reference-leak.patch
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Subject: kobject: kobject_add() reference leak
From: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>
We leak a reference if we attempt to add a kobject with no name.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/kobject.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN lib/kobject.c~kobject-kobject_add-reference-leak lib/kobject.c
--- a/lib/kobject.c~kobject-kobject_add-reference-leak
+++ a/lib/kobject.c
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject *
if (!*kobj->k_name) {
pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
WARN_ON(1);
+ kobject_put(kobj);
return -EINVAL;
}
parent = kobject_get(kobj->parent);
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx are
driver-core-suppress-uevents-via-filter.patch
driver-core-switch-firmware_class-to.patch
s390-cio-delay-uevents-for-subchannels.patch
uevent-use-add_uevent_var-instead-of-open-coding-it.patch
sysfs-fix-i_ino-handling-in-sysfs.patch
sysfs-fix-error-handling-in-binattr-write.patch
sysfs-move-release_sysfs_dirent-to-dirc.patch
sysfs-flatten-cleanup-paths-in-sysfs_add_link-and-create_dir.patch
sysfs-consolidate-sysfs_dirent-creation-functions.patch
sysfs-add-sysfs_dirent-s_parent.patch
sysfs-add-sysfs_dirent-s_name.patch
sysfs-make-sysfs_dirent-s_element-a-union.patch
sysfs-implement-kobj_sysfs_assoc_lock.patch
sysfs-reimplement-symlink-using-sysfs_dirent-tree.patch
sysfs-implement-bin_buffer.patch
sysfs-implement-sysfs_dirent-active-reference-and-immediate-disconnect.patch
sysfs-kill-attribute-file-orphaning.patch
sysfs-kill-unnecessary-attribute-owner.patch
sysfs-kill-unnecessary-attribute-owner-fix.patch
kobject-kobject_add-reference-leak.patch
git-s390.patch
kprobes-the-on-off-knob-thru-debugfs-updated-s390-fix.patch
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