From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 48a322b6f9965b2f1e4ce81af972f0e287b07ed0 upstream. kobject_put() should only be called in error path. Fixes: b8eb718348b8 ("net-sysfs: Fix reference count leak in rx|netdev_queue_add_kobject") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jouni Hogander <jouni.hogander@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/net-sysfs.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c @@ -1339,6 +1339,7 @@ static int netdev_queue_add_kobject(stru #endif kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_ADD); + return 0; err: kobject_put(kobj);