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[PATCH v2 2/9] powerpc/secvar: Add missing kobject release callback to secvar_ktype
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- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:38:37 -0700
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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@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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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