USB: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 6 Jan 2023 15:28:28 +0000 (16:28 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:55:34 +0000 (13:55 +0100)
[ Upstream commit 30374434edab20e25776f8ecb4bc9d1e54309487 ]

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: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Jilin Yuan <yuanjilin@cdjrlc.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230106152828.3790902-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
drivers/usb/core/usb.c

index 11b15d7..a415206 100644 (file)
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ static void usb_debugfs_init(void)
 
 static void usb_debugfs_cleanup(void)
 {
-       debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("devices", usb_debug_root));
+       debugfs_lookup_and_remove("devices", usb_debug_root);
 }
 
 /*