From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> We have a memleak in the ->new ctx if the uffd of the parent is closed before the fork event is read, nothing frees the new context. Reported-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/userfaultfd.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c index d2f15a6..5087a69 100644 --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c @@ -548,6 +548,15 @@ static void userfaultfd_event_wait_completion(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx, if (ACCESS_ONCE(ctx->released) || fatal_signal_pending(current)) { __remove_wait_queue(&ctx->event_wqh, &ewq->wq); + if (ewq->msg.event == UFFD_EVENT_FORK) { + struct userfaultfd_ctx *new; + + new = (struct userfaultfd_ctx *) + (unsigned long) + ewq->msg.arg.reserved.reserved1; + + userfaultfd_ctx_put(new); + } break; } -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>