From: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@umn.edu> [ Upstream commit 0267ffce562c8bbf9b57ebe0e38445ad04972890 ] kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200528201353.14849-1-wu000273@umn.edu Reviewed-by: Lee Duncan <lduncan@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Qiushi Wu <wu000273@umn.edu> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com> --- drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c index d453667612f8..15d64f96e623 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_boot_sysfs.c @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ iscsi_boot_create_kobj(struct iscsi_boot_kset *boot_kset, boot_kobj->kobj.kset = boot_kset->kset; if (kobject_init_and_add(&boot_kobj->kobj, &iscsi_boot_ktype, NULL, name, index)) { - kfree(boot_kobj); + kobject_put(&boot_kobj->kobj); return NULL; } boot_kobj->data = data; -- 2.25.1