1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index fc1c330c6bd6..d7af82827373 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4447,6 +4447,9 @@ static void _free_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (event->ctx)
 		put_ctx(event->ctx);
 
+	if (event->hw.target)
+		put_task_struct(event->hw.target);
+
 	exclusive_event_destroy(event);
 	module_put(event->pmu->module);
 
@@ -9955,6 +9958,7 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 		 * and we cannot use the ctx information because we need the
 		 * pmu before we get a ctx.
 		 */
+		get_task_struct(task);
 		event->hw.target = task;
 	}
 
@@ -10070,6 +10074,8 @@ err_ns:
 		perf_detach_cgroup(event);
 	if (event->ns)
 		put_pid_ns(event->ns);
+	if (event->hw.target)
+		put_task_struct(event->hw.target);
 	kfree(event);
 
 	return ERR_PTR(err);