The documentation provided by kobject_init_and_add() clearly spells out the need to call kobject_put() on the kobject if an error is returned. Add this missing call to the error path.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: 亿一 teroincn@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel ardb@kernel.org --- drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c index 78ad1ba8c987..26528a46d99e 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efivars.c @@ -522,8 +522,10 @@ efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivar_entry *new_var) ret = kobject_init_and_add(&new_var->kobj, &efivar_ktype, NULL, "%s", short_name); kfree(short_name); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + kobject_put(&new_var->kobj); return ret; + }

kobject_uevent(&new_var->kobj, KOBJ_ADD); if (efivar_entry_add(new_var, &efivar_sysfs_list)) {