On Mon, 25 Sep 2023, Armin Wolf wrote: > If a duplicate attribute is found using kset_find_obj(), a reference > to that attribute is returned which needs to be disposed accordingly > using kobject_put(). Use kobject_put() to dispose the duplicate > attribute in such a case. > As a side note, a very similar bug was fixed in > commit 7295a996fdab ("platform/x86: dell-sysman: Fix reference leak"), > so it seems that the bug was copied from that driver. > > Compile-tested only. > > Fixes: a34fc329b189 ("platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: bioscfg") > Suggested-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx> > --- > Changes in v3: > - no changes > Changes in v2: > - add patch > --- > drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c | 14 ++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c > index 8c4f9e12f018..0c83e66f8d0b 100644 > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c > @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static int hp_init_bios_package_attribute(enum hp_wmi_data_type attr_type, > const char *guid, int min_elements, > int instance_id) > { > - struct kobject *attr_name_kobj; > + struct kobject *attr_name_kobj, *duplicate; > union acpi_object *elements; > struct kset *temp_kset; > > @@ -704,8 +704,11 @@ static int hp_init_bios_package_attribute(enum hp_wmi_data_type attr_type, > } > > /* All duplicate attributes found are ignored */ > - if (kset_find_obj(temp_kset, str_value)) { > + duplicate = kset_find_obj(temp_kset, str_value); > + if (duplicate) { > pr_debug("Duplicate attribute name found - %s\n", str_value); > + /* kset_find_obj() returns a reference */ > + kobject_put(duplicate); > goto pack_attr_exit; > } > > @@ -768,7 +771,7 @@ static int hp_init_bios_buffer_attribute(enum hp_wmi_data_type attr_type, > const char *guid, int min_elements, > int instance_id) > { > - struct kobject *attr_name_kobj; > + struct kobject *attr_name_kobj, *duplicate; > struct kset *temp_kset; > char str[MAX_BUFF_SIZE]; > > @@ -794,8 +797,11 @@ static int hp_init_bios_buffer_attribute(enum hp_wmi_data_type attr_type, > temp_kset = bioscfg_drv.main_dir_kset; > > /* All duplicate attributes found are ignored */ > - if (kset_find_obj(temp_kset, str)) { > + duplicate = kset_find_obj(temp_kset, str); > + if (duplicate) { > pr_debug("Duplicate attribute name found - %s\n", str); > + /*kset_find_obj() returns a reference */ Thanks. Whitespace is missing here. Other than that, Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > + kobject_put(duplicate); > goto buff_attr_exit; > } > > -- > 2.39.2 > -- i.