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As a result, the\nreference to kobj acquired at the start of the function will never be\nreleased.\n\nFix the leak by adding an explicit kobject_put() call when kn is NULL." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/sysfs/file.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37", "lessThan": "f28bba37fe244889b81bb5c508d3f6e5c6e342c5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37", "lessThan": "57baab0f376bec8f54b0fe6beb8f77a57c228063", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37", "lessThan": "84bd4c2ae9c3d0a7d3a5c032ea7efff17af17e17", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37", "lessThan": "43f00210cb257bcb0387e8caeb4b46375d67f30c", "status": 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