linux-kernel - [PATCH] edd: fix a memory leak in edd

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Message-Id: <20251217144207.505895-1-lihaoxiang@isrc.iscas.ac.cn>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:42:07 +0800
From: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@...c.iscas.ac.cn>
To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	lihaoxiang@...c.iscas.ac.cn
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] edd: fix a memory leak in edd_init()

After edd_device_register(), edev should be released by
kobject_put().

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <lihaoxiang@...c.iscas.ac.cn>
---
 drivers/firmware/edd.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index 55dec4eb2c00..82b326ce83ce 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ edd_init(void)
 
 		rc = edd_device_register(edev, i);
 		if (rc) {
-			kfree(edev);
+			kobject_put(&edev->kobj);
 			goto out;
 		}
 		edd_devices[i] = edev;
-- 
2.25.1