linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] EDAC/sysfs: Fix memory leak when creating a csrow object

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Date:   Wed, 8 May 2019 14:45:13 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     PanBian <bianpan2016@....com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] EDAC/sysfs: Fix memory leak when creating a csrow
 object

On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 01:02:50PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >From 28e7f23939208bea639d6cd3d492cde3f65a7e4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:27:18 +0800
> 
> In edac_create_csrow_object(), the reference to the object is not
> released when adding the device to the device hierarchy fails
> (device_add()). This may result in a memory leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-edac <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1555554438-103953-1-git-send-email-bianpan2016@163.com
> ---
>  drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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