2.6.27-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Cornelia Huck commit 286661b3777897220ecfcd774bccc68a34667f39 upstream If device_register() in device_create_vargs() fails, the device must be cleaned up with put_device() (which is also fine on NULL) instead of kfree(). Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ struct device *device_create_vargs(struc return dev; error: - kfree(dev); + put_device(dev); return ERR_PTR(retval); } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_vargs); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/