This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled fs/affs: release old buffer head on error path to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: fs-affs-release-old-buffer-head-on-error-path.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 70779b897395b330ba5a47bed84f94178da599f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:51:13 -0800 Subject: fs/affs: release old buffer head on error path From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> commit 70779b897395b330ba5a47bed84f94178da599f9 upstream. The reference count of the old buffer head should be decremented on path that fails to get the new buffer head. Fixes: 6b4657667ba0 ("fs/affs: add rename exchange") CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.14+ Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/affs/namei.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/affs/namei.c +++ b/fs/affs/namei.c @@ -461,8 +461,10 @@ affs_xrename(struct inode *old_dir, stru return -EIO; bh_new = affs_bread(sb, d_inode(new_dentry)->i_ino); - if (!bh_new) + if (!bh_new) { + affs_brelse(bh_old); return -EIO; + } /* Remove old header from its parent directory. */ affs_lock_dir(old_dir); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from bianpan2016@xxxxxxx are queue-4.14/bluetooth-drop-hci-device-reference-before-return.patch queue-4.14/isofs-release-buffer-head-before-return.patch queue-4.14/mtd-spi-nor-hisi-sfc-put-child-node-np-on-error-path.patch queue-4.14/bluetooth-put-hci-device-if-inquiry-procedure-interr.patch queue-4.14/spi-atmel-put-allocated-master-before-return.patch queue-4.14/fs-affs-release-old-buffer-head-on-error-path.patch queue-4.14/regulator-axp20x-fix-reference-cout-leak.patch