[PATCH 5.6 063/161] efi/efivars: Add missing kobject_put() in sysfs entry creation error path

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit d8bd8c6e2cfab8b78b537715255be8d7557791c0 upstream.

The documentation provided by kobject_init_and_add() clearly spells out
the need to call kobject_put() on the kobject if an error is returned.
Add this missing call to the error path.

Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: ää <teroincn@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c
@@ -522,8 +522,10 @@ efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivar_
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&new_var->kobj, &efivar_ktype,
 				   NULL, "%s", short_name);
 	kfree(short_name);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		kobject_put(&new_var->kobj);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	kobject_uevent(&new_var->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	if (efivar_entry_add(new_var, &efivar_sysfs_list)) {