[patch 09/20] sysfs: fix a kobject leak in sysfs_add_link on the error path

[Greg KH]

-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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As pointed out by Oliver Neukum.

Cc: Maneesh Soni <maneesh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---

 fs/sysfs/symlink.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

b3229087c5e08589cea4f5040dab56f7dc11332a
--- linux-2.6.16.orig/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
+++ linux-2.6.16/fs/sysfs/symlink.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static int sysfs_add_link(struct dentry 
 	if (!error)
 		return 0;
 
+	kobject_put(target);
 	kfree(sl->link_name);
 exit2:
 	kfree(sl);

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