[merged mm-stable] mm-huge_memory-fix-kobject-cleanup-in-thpsize_create-error.patch removed from -mm tree
Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
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The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm: huge_memory: fix kobject cleanup in thpsize_create error
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-huge_memory-fix-kobject-cleanup-in-thpsize_create-error.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Hongling Zeng <[email protected]>
Subject: mm: huge_memory: fix kobject cleanup in thpsize_create error
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:41:54 +0800
When kobject_init_and_add() fails, the kobject API requires calling
kobject_put() to properly clean up the memory, not direct kfree().
According to the kobject API documentation, kobject_init_and_add() calls
kobject_init() internally. If the subsequent kobject_add() fails, the
kobject has still been initialized and must be cleaned up via the
reference count mechanism (kobject_put), not direct kfree().
Direct kfree() leaves the kobject's internal state (including the
reference count and kset membership) uncleaned, which can cause:
- Memory leaks of kobject internal structures
- Potential use-after-free if there are pending references
- Inconsistent state with the rest of the error handling code
This fix matches the pattern used elsewhere in the kernel and in the same
function (err_put label) which correctly uses kobject_put().
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/[email protected]
Fixes: 3485b88390b0 ("mm: thp: introduce multi-size THP sysfs interface")
Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Baolin Wang <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Zi Yan <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <[email protected]>
Cc: Barry Song <[email protected]>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
Cc: Dev Jain <[email protected]>
Cc: Hongling Zeng <[email protected]>
Cc: Lance Yang <[email protected]>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <[email protected]>
Cc: Nico Pache <[email protected]>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---
mm/huge_memory.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-huge_memory-fix-kobject-cleanup-in-thpsize_create-error
+++ a/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -818,10 +818,8 @@ static struct thpsize *thpsize_create(in
ret = kobject_init_and_add(&thpsize->kobj, &thpsize_ktype, parent,
"hugepages-%lukB", size);
- if (ret) {
- kfree(thpsize);
- goto err;
- }
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_put;
ret = sysfs_add_group(&thpsize->kobj, &any_ctrl_attr_grp);
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are