configfs: fix config_item refcnt leak in configfs_rmdir()
authorXiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 12:52:26 +0000 (20:52 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 27 May 2020 14:41:45 +0000 (16:41 +0200)
[ Upstream commit 8aebfffacfa379ba400da573a5bf9e49634e38cb ]

configfs_rmdir() invokes configfs_get_config_item(), which returns a
reference of the specified config_item object to "parent_item" with
increased refcnt.

When configfs_rmdir() returns, local variable "parent_item" becomes
invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.

The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
configfs_rmdir(). When down_write_killable() fails, the function forgets
to decrease the refcnt increased by configfs_get_config_item(), causing
a refcnt leak.

Fix this issue by calling config_item_put() when down_write_killable()
fails.

Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
fs/configfs/dir.c

index c2ef617..c875f24 100644 (file)
@@ -1537,6 +1537,7 @@ static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
                spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
                configfs_detach_rollback(dentry);
                spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
+               config_item_put(parent_item);
                return -EINTR;
        }
        frag->frag_dead = true;