From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 2/9] powerpc/secvar: Add missing kobject release callback to secvar_ktype
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:38:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261027223847.652884-3-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261027223847.652884-1-irogers@google.com>
In add_var(), a struct kobject is dynamically allocated with
kzalloc_obj() and initialized with secvar_ktype. If kobject_add() or
sysfs_create_file() fails, kobject_put(kobj) is called to clean up.
However, secvar_ktype does not define a .release callback, which results
in a memory leak of kobj (and a pr_debug warning in kobject_cleanup()
when CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE is enabled).
Provide a secvar_release() callback that calls kfree(kobj).
Fixes: bd5d9c743d38 ("powerpc: expose secure variables to userspace via sysfs")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
index 395399bbab2c..f3f6ac25ea78 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
@@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ static const struct attribute_group secvar_attr_group = {
};
__ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(secvar_attr);
+static void secvar_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+ kfree(kobj);
+}
+
static const struct kobj_type secvar_ktype = {
+ .release = secvar_release,
.sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
.default_groups = secvar_attr_groups,
};
--
2.56.0.313.g2479322e68-goog
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From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: "Nathan Chancellor" <nathan@kernel.org>,
"Nick Desaulniers" <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
"Miguel Ojeda" <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>,
"Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com>,
"Zhihao Cheng" <chengzhihao1@huawei.com>,
"Zhongqiu Han" <zhongqiu.han@oss.qualcomm.com>,
"Sumanth Korikkar" <sumanthk@linux.ibm.com>,
"Bill Wendling" <morbo@google.com>,
"Justin Stitt" <justinstitt@google.com>,
driver-core@lists.linux.dev, llvm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
gfs2@lists.linux.dev, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Ian Rogers" <irogers@google.com>,
"Madhavan Srinivasan" <maddy@linux.ibm.com>,
"Michael Ellerman" <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
"Nicholas Piggin" <npiggin@gmail.com>,
"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>,
"Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>,
"Shrikanth Hegde" <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
"Nayna Jain" <nayna@linux.ibm.com>,
"Eric Richter" <erichte@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/9] powerpc/secvar: Add missing kobject release callback to secvar_ktype
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:38:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261027223847.652884-3-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261027223847.652884-1-irogers@google.com>
In add_var(), a struct kobject is dynamically allocated with
kzalloc_obj() and initialized with secvar_ktype. If kobject_add() or
sysfs_create_file() fails, kobject_put(kobj) is called to clean up.
However, secvar_ktype does not define a .release callback, which results
in a memory leak of kobj (and a pr_debug warning in kobject_cleanup()
when CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE is enabled).
Provide a secvar_release() callback that calls kfree(kobj).
Fixes: bd5d9c743d38 ("powerpc: expose secure variables to userspace via sysfs")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
index 395399bbab2c..f3f6ac25ea78 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/secvar-sysfs.c
@@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ static const struct attribute_group secvar_attr_group = {
};
__ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(secvar_attr);
+static void secvar_release(struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+ kfree(kobj);
+}
+
static const struct kobj_type secvar_ktype = {
+ .release = secvar_release,
.sysfs_ops = &kobj_sysfs_ops,
.default_groups = secvar_attr_groups,
};
--
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Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 22:38 [PATCH v2 0/9] Add __must_init and require explicit kobj_type::release Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] Compiler Attributes: Add __must_init macro Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:43 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-28 18:56 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-28 18:56 ` Kees Cook
2026-10-28 19:02 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-10-28 19:02 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] powerpc/secvar: Add missing kobject release callback to secvar_ktype Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] sh: sq: Add missing kobject release callback to ktype_percpu_entry Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:46 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] cpufreq: governor: Initialize kobj_type release callback statically Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:43 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-28 3:36 ` Zhongqiu Han
2026-10-28 3:36 ` Zhongqiu Han
2026-10-28 11:38 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-10-28 11:38 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-10-28 15:35 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-28 15:35 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-28 15:39 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-10-28 15:39 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-10-30 4:05 ` Viresh Kumar
2026-10-30 4:05 ` Viresh Kumar
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] dlm: Free dlm_ls in kobject release callback Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:45 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] xen/sys-hypervisor: Add release callback to hyp_sysfs_kobj_type Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] ubifs: sysfs: Use kset_create_and_add() for ubifs_kset Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:42 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] drm/amdkfd: Free queue in procfs_queue_type kobject release callback Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:45 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-27 23:15 ` Felix Kuehling
2026-10-27 23:15 ` Felix Kuehling
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] kobject: Require explicit initialization of struct kobj_type::release Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:38 ` [f2fs-dev] " Ian Rogers via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-10-27 22:38 ` Ian Rogers
2026-10-27 22:56 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-27 22:56 ` sashiko-bot
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