Re: [PATCH 3/3] net-sysfs: Fix error path for kobject_init_and_add()

Andy Shevchenko
2019-04-30T16:11:31Z

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:28:17AM +1000, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> Currently error return from kobject_init_and_add() is not followed by a
> call to kobject_put(). This means there is a memory leak.
>
> Add call to kobject_put() in error path of kobject_init_and_add().

It's not obvious to me if this will help to fix what is stated in the
(reverted) commit 6b70fc94afd1 ("net-sysfs: Fix memory leak in
netdev_register_kobject")?

If so, perhaps we need to tell syzkaller guys about this.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko