From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> commit 48a322b6f9965b2f1e4ce81af972f0e287b07ed0 upstream. kobject_put() should only be called in error path. Fixes: b8eb718348b8 ("net-sysfs: Fix reference count leak in rx|netdev_queue_add_kobject") Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Jouni Hogander <jouni.hogander@unikie.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> --- net/core/net-sysfs.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c index f8b592c..305b07b 100644 --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c @@ -1484,6 +1484,7 @@ static int netdev_queue_add_kobject(struct net_device *dev, int index) #endif kobject_uevent(kobj, KOBJ_ADD); + return 0; err: kobject_put(kobj); -- 1.8.3