This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled USB: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: usb-fix-memory-leak-with-using-debugfs_lookup.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 449be540726ad9a8776c630505b1c8795f4669ee Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri Jan 6 16:28:28 2023 +0100 USB: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() [ Upstream commit 30374434edab20e25776f8ecb4bc9d1e54309487 ] When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at once. Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jilin Yuan <yuanjilin@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230106152828.3790902-1-gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c index 11b15d7b357ad..a415206cab043 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c @@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ static void usb_debugfs_init(void) static void usb_debugfs_cleanup(void) { - debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("devices", usb_debug_root)); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove("devices", usb_debug_root); } /*