linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/6] kobj: Fix memory leak on error path of kset_create_and

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Date:	Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:09:06 -0700
From:	Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@...eaurora.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	ppannuto@...eaurora.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] kobj: Fix memory leak on error path of kset_create_and_add

This leak is the same as the bus path; kset->kobj.name is
set, but kset_register fails, thus nothing will ever call
kset_unregister and name will be leaked

Signed-off-by: Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@...eaurora.org>
---
 lib/kobject.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index f07c572..713b235 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ struct kset *kset_create_and_add(const char *name,
 		return NULL;
 	error = kset_register(kset);
 	if (error) {
+		kfree(kset->kobj.name);
 		kfree(kset);
 		return NULL;
 	}
-- 
1.7.2

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