struct ntsync_obj contains a reference to struct file and that reference contributes to refcount - ntsync_alloc_obj() grabs it. Normally the object is destroyed (and reference to obj->file dropped) in ntsync_obj_release(). However, in case of ntsync_obj_get_fd() failure the object is destroyed directly by its creator. That case should also drop obj->file; plain kfree(obj) is not enough there - it ends up leaking struct file * reference. Take that logics into a helper (ntsync_free_obj()) and use it in both codepaths that destroy ntsync_obj instances. Fixes: b46271ec40a05 "ntsync: Introduce NTSYNC_IOC_CREATE_SEM" Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/drivers/misc/ntsync.c b/drivers/misc/ntsync.c index 4954553b7baa..6eb00d625bd1 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/ntsync.c +++ b/drivers/misc/ntsync.c @@ -97,13 +97,15 @@ static int ntsync_sem_post(struct ntsync_obj *sem, void __user *argp) return ret; } -static int ntsync_obj_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) +static void ntsync_free_obj(struct ntsync_obj *obj) { - struct ntsync_obj *obj = file->private_data; - fput(obj->dev->file); kfree(obj); +} +static int ntsync_obj_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) +{ + ntsync_free_obj(file->private_data); return 0; } @@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ static int ntsync_create_sem(struct ntsync_device *dev, void __user *argp) sem->u.sem.max = args.max; fd = ntsync_obj_get_fd(sem); if (fd < 0) { - kfree(sem); + ntsync_free_obj(sem); return fd; }