On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 02:20:50PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote: > We need to unlock before returning on this error path. > > Fixes: 210bec567936 ("mtd: properly check all write ioctls for permissions") > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c | 7 +++++-- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c > index 52c120f9fb0d..05f9218592df 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c > +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c > @@ -1064,8 +1064,10 @@ static long mtdchar_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, > struct mtd_oob_buf32 buf; > struct mtd_oob_buf32 __user *buf_user = argp; > > - if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)) > - return -EPERM; > + if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)) { > + ret = -EPERM; > + goto unlock; > + } > > if (copy_from_user(&buf, argp, sizeof(buf))) > ret = -EFAULT; > @@ -1117,6 +1119,7 @@ static long mtdchar_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, > ret = mtdchar_ioctl(file, cmd, (unsigned long)argp); > } > > +unlock: > mutex_unlock(&mtd_mutex); > > return ret; > -- > 2.27.0 > I think this is already fixed up in the mtd tree. thanks, greg k-h