netdev - Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in register_queue

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Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:21:19 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jouni.hogander@...kie.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in register_queue_kobjects

From: jouni.hogander@...kie.com
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:13:25 +0200

> +err_sysfs_create:
> +	kobject_put(kobj);
> +err_init_and_add:
> +	kfree_const(kobj->name);

If you put the object, then you cannot access kobj->name afterwards as kobj
may be released at this point.

Both of your fixes add this bug.