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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index 0380ec889a6a..ba1017cd67d1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -834,6 +834,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobj_sysfs_ops);
/**
* kset_register() - Initialize and add a kset.
* @k: kset.
+ *
+ * NOTE: On error, the kset.kobj.name allocated by() kobj_set_name()
+ * is freed, it can not be used any more.
*/
int kset_register(struct kset *k)
{
@@ -844,8 +847,12 @@ int kset_register(struct kset *k)
kset_init(k);
err = kobject_add_internal(&k->kobj);
- if (err)
+ if (err) {
+ kfree_const(k->kobj.name);
+ /* Set it to NULL to avoid accessing bad pointer in callers. */
+ k->kobj.name = NULL;
return err;
+ }
kobject_uevent(&k->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
return 0;
}