nfs3_set_acl() invokes get_acl(), which returns a local reference of the
posix_acl object to "alloc" with increased refcount.
When nfs3_set_acl() returns or a new object is assigned to "alloc", the
original local reference of "alloc" becomes invalid, so the refcount
should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.
The reference counting issue happens in one path of nfs3_set_acl(). When
"acl" equals to NULL but "alloc" is not NULL, the function forgets to
decrease the refcnt increased by get_acl() and causes a refcnt leak.
Fix this issue by calling posix_acl_release() on this path when "alloc"
is not NULL.
Fixes: b7fa0554cf1b ("[PATCH] NFS: Add support for NFSv3 ACLs")
Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
index c5c3fc6e6c60..b5c41bcca8cf 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs3acl.c
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ int nfs3_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl *acl, int type)
}
if (acl == NULL) {
+ if (alloc)
+ posix_acl_release(alloc);
alloc = acl = posix_acl_from_mode(inode->i_mode, GFP_KERNEL);
if (IS_ERR(alloc))
goto fail;
--
2.7.4
