[tip:sched/urgent] sched/cpufreq: Fix kobject memleak

From: tip-bot for Tobin C. Harding
Date: Tue Apr 30 2019 - 01:53:03 EST


Commit-ID: 8bf7ab9c79f3d1a5f02ebac369f656de9ec0aca8
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/8bf7ab9c79f3d1a5f02ebac369f656de9ec0aca8
Author: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:11:44 +1000
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:24:09 +0200

sched/cpufreq: Fix kobject memleak

Currently the error return path from kobject_init_and_add() is not
followed by a call to kobject_put() - which means we are leaking
the kobject.

Fix it by adding a call to kobject_put() in the error path of
kobject_init_and_add().

Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add call to kobject_put() in error path of kobject_init_and_add().
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190430001144.24890-1-tobin@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 5c41ea367422..3638d2377e3c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ out:
return 0;

fail:
+ kobject_put(&tunables->attr_set.kobj);
policy->governor_data = NULL;
sugov_tunables_free(tunables);