kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 2 Feb 2023 15:16:33 +0000 (16:16 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:55:39 +0000 (13:55 +0100)
[ Upstream commit 2bb3669f576559db273efe49e0e69f82450efbca ]

When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
otherwise the memory will leak over time.  To make things simpler, just
call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic
at once.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230202151633.2310897-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
kernel/fail_function.c

index a7ccd29..d971a01 100644 (file)
@@ -163,10 +163,7 @@ static void fei_debugfs_add_attr(struct fei_attr *attr)
 
 static void fei_debugfs_remove_attr(struct fei_attr *attr)
 {
-       struct dentry *dir;
-
-       dir = debugfs_lookup(attr->kp.symbol_name, fei_debugfs_dir);
-       debugfs_remove_recursive(dir);
+       debugfs_lookup_and_remove(attr->kp.symbol_name, fei_debugfs_dir);
 }
 
 static int fei_kprobe_handler(struct kprobe *kp, struct pt_regs *regs)