Commit a90bca2
fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection()
The sysfs_break_active_protection() routine has an obvious reference
leak in its error path. If the call to kernfs_find_and_get() fails then
kn will be NULL, so the companion sysfs_unbreak_active_protection()
routine won't get called (and would only cause an access violation by
trying to dereference kn->parent if it was called). As a result, the
reference to kobj acquired at the start of the function will never be
released.
Fix the leak by adding an explicit kobject_put() call when kn is NULL.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Fixes: 2afc916 ("scsi: sysfs: Introduce sysfs_{un,}break_active_protection()")
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8a4d3f0f-c5e3-4b70-a188-0ca433f9e6f9@rowland.harvard.edu
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>1 parent 4cece76 commit a90bca2
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