[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.4 5/8] nilfs2: fix memory leak in nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##_group

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Mon Sep 13 2021 - 18:41:55 EST


From: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 24f8cb1ed057c840728167dab33b32e44147c86f ]

If kobject_init_and_add return with error, kobject_put() is needed here to
avoid memory leak, because kobject_init_and_add may return error without
freeing the memory associated with the kobject it allocated.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210629022556.3985106-4-sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1625651306-10829-4-git-send-email-konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c
index d7d6791c408e..e8d4828287c3 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/sysfs.c
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ static int nilfs_sysfs_create_##name##_group(struct the_nilfs *nilfs) \
err = kobject_init_and_add(kobj, &nilfs_##name##_ktype, parent, \
#name); \
if (err) \
- return err; \
- return 0; \
+ kobject_put(kobj); \
+ return err; \
} \
static void nilfs_sysfs_delete_##name##_group(struct the_nilfs *nilfs) \
{ \
--
2.30.2