From 237557b8a81ab948e8332f7c0058e758f081c0a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 15:05:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] sysfs: don't remove existing directory on update failure When sysfs_update_group() is called for a named group and create_files() fails (e.g. -ENOMEM), internal_create_group() calls kernfs_remove(kn) on the group directory. In the update path, kn was obtained via kernfs_find_and_get() and refers to a directory that already existed before this call. Removing it silently destroys a sysfs group that the caller did not create. Only remove the directory if we created it ourselves. On update failure the directory remains as it is left empty by remove_files() inside create_files(), but can be repopulated by a retry. Cc: Rajat Jain Fixes: c855cf2759d2 ("sysfs: Fix internal_create_group() for named group updates") Cc: stable Assisted-by: gkh_clanker_t1000 Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel) Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2026052003-uniquely-hastily-c093@gregkh Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/sysfs/group.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/sysfs/group.c b/fs/sysfs/group.c index 182e54e575ee..4e1e4f18a166 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/group.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/group.c @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ static int internal_create_group(struct kobject *kobj, int update, kernfs_get(kn); error = create_files(kn, kobj, uid, gid, grp, update); if (error) { - if (grp->name) + if (grp->name && !update) kernfs_remove(kn); } kernfs_put(kn);