From: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx> commit 6e6c25283dff866308c87b49434c7dbad4774cc0 upstream. kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. Thus, when kobject_init_and_add() returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the kobject. Fixes: 3f8055c35836 ("ACPI / hotplug: Introduce user space interface for hotplug profiles") Signed-off-by: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@xxxxxxx> Cc: 3.10+ <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.10+ Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/sysfs.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c @@ -997,8 +997,10 @@ void acpi_sysfs_add_hotplug_profile(stru error = kobject_init_and_add(&hotplug->kobj, &acpi_hotplug_profile_ktype, hotplug_kobj, "%s", name); - if (error) + if (error) { + kobject_put(&hotplug->kobj); goto err_out; + } kobject_uevent(&hotplug->kobj, KOBJ_ADD); return;