From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx> This fixes a memleak if anon_inode_getfile() fails in userfaultfd(). Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/userfaultfd.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/userfaultfd.c b/fs/userfaultfd.c index 634e676..f9aeb40 100644 --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c @@ -1287,8 +1287,10 @@ static struct file *userfaultfd_file_create(int flags) file = anon_inode_getfile("[userfaultfd]", &userfaultfd_fops, ctx, O_RDWR | (flags & UFFD_SHARED_FCNTL_FLAGS)); - if (IS_ERR(file)) + if (IS_ERR(file)) { + mmput(ctx->mm); kmem_cache_free(userfaultfd_ctx_cachep, ctx); + } out: return file; } -- 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>