[PATCH] edd: fix a memory leak in edd_init()

From: Haoxiang Li
Date: Wed Dec 17 2025 - 09:58:09 EST


After edd_device_register(), edev should be released by
kobject_put().

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/edd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index 55dec4eb2c00..82b326ce83ce 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ edd_init(void)

rc = edd_device_register(edev, i);
if (rc) {
- kfree(edev);
+ kobject_put(&edev->kobj);
goto out;
}
edd_devices[i] = edev;
--
2.25.1