This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
to the 6.1-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:
misc-vmw_balloon-fix-memory-leak-with-using-debugfs_.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 25341322e5b6a4c7bea9a337e7a42904d85fdced
Author: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Feb 2 15:11:00 2023 +0100
misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup()
[ Upstream commit 209cdbd07cfaa4b7385bad4eeb47e5ec1887d33d ]
When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just
call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at
once.
Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: VMware PV-Drivers Reviewers <pv-drivers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230202141100.2291188-1-gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
index 61a2be712bf7b..9ce9b9e0e9b63 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_balloon.c
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ static void __init vmballoon_debugfs_init(struct vmballoon *b)
static void __exit vmballoon_debugfs_exit(struct vmballoon *b)
{
static_key_disable(&balloon_stat_enabled.key);
- debugfs_remove(debugfs_lookup("vmmemctl", NULL));
+ debugfs_lookup_and_remove("vmmemctl", NULL);
kfree(b->stats);
b->stats = NULL;
}
