mcb: mcb-parse: fix error handing in chameleon_parse_gdd()
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mcb: mcb-parse: fix error handing in chameleon_parse_gdd() If mcb_device_register() returns error in chameleon_parse_gdd(), the refcount of bus and device name are leaked. Fix this by calling put_device() to give up the reference, so they can be released in mcb_release_dev() and kobject_cleanup().
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/891f606ae0765bc9ca99f5276735be4d338f0255
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf6e70c0ced50b52415ac0c88eba1fb09c500a5a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd85ece416fd7edb945203e59d4cd94952f77e7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/110dc34c9fa33d37f55b394b1199ea6c0ad1ee84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b289b791a59386dc23a00d3cf17a0db984b40d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43bfc7c2402a22d3b4eb08c040f274ba2b76461a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b948baa29394ec5f4e6ec28486e7d06a76caee91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a9f1a8b3af287581ffb690d0e1593c681729ddb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/728ac3389296caf68638628c987aeae6c8851e2d
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