linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix kobject memleak in SLUB

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Message-ID: <20190428161154.GA13309@kroah.com>
Date:   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 18:11:54 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
        Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix kobject memleak in SLUB

On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 09:40:00AM +1000, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Currently error return from kobject_init_and_add() is not followed by a
> call to kobject_put().  This means there is a memory leak.
> 
> Add call to kobject_put() in error path of kobject_init_and_add().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>