From: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx> commit a068aab42258e25094bc2c159948d263ed7d7a77 upstream. kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Previous commit "b8eb718348b8" fixed a similar problem. Fixes: 07699f9a7c8d ("bonding: add sysfs /slave dir for bond slave devices.") Signed-off-by: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_sysfs_slave.c @@ -149,8 +149,10 @@ int bond_sysfs_slave_add(struct slave *s err = kobject_init_and_add(&slave->kobj, &slave_ktype, &(slave->dev->dev.kobj), "bonding_slave"); - if (err) + if (err) { + kobject_put(&slave->kobj); return err; + } for (a = slave_attrs; *a; ++a) { err = sysfs_create_file(&slave->kobj, &((*a)->attr));