From 7b5ab04f035f829ed6008e4685501ec00b3e73c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Malaya Kumar Rout Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:32:13 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] timekeeping: Fix resource leak in tk_aux_sysfs_init() error paths tk_aux_sysfs_init() returns immediately on error during the auxiliary clock initialization loop without cleaning up previously allocated kobjects and sysfs groups. If kobject_create_and_add() or sysfs_create_group() fails during loop iteration, the parent kobjects (tko and auxo) and any previously created child kobjects are leaked. Fix this by adding proper error handling with goto labels to ensure all allocated resources are cleaned up on failure. kobject_put() on the parent kobjects will handle cleanup of their children. Fixes: 7b95663a3d96 ("timekeeping: Provide interface to control auxiliary clocks") Signed-off-by: Malaya Kumar Rout Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251120150213.246777-1-mrout@redhat.com --- kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c index 3a4d3b2e3f74..08e0943b54da 100644 --- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c +++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c @@ -3060,29 +3060,32 @@ static const struct attribute_group aux_clock_enable_attr_group = { static int __init tk_aux_sysfs_init(void) { struct kobject *auxo, *tko = kobject_create_and_add("time", kernel_kobj); + int ret = -ENOMEM; if (!tko) - return -ENOMEM; + return ret; auxo = kobject_create_and_add("aux_clocks", tko); - if (!auxo) { - kobject_put(tko); - return -ENOMEM; - } + if (!auxo) + goto err_clean; for (int i = 0; i < MAX_AUX_CLOCKS; i++) { char id[2] = { [0] = '0' + i, }; struct kobject *clk = kobject_create_and_add(id, auxo); if (!clk) - return -ENOMEM; - - int ret = sysfs_create_group(clk, &aux_clock_enable_attr_group); + goto err_clean; + ret = sysfs_create_group(clk, &aux_clock_enable_attr_group); if (ret) - return ret; + goto err_clean; } return 0; + +err_clean: + kobject_put(auxo); + kobject_put(tko); + return ret; } late_initcall(tk_aux_sysfs_init); -- 2.47.3