This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection()
to the 5.4-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-sysfs-fix-reference-leak-in-sysfs_break_active_protection.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From a90bca2228c0646fc29a72689d308e5fe03e6d78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:43:41 -0400
Subject: fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection()
From: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit a90bca2228c0646fc29a72689d308e5fe03e6d78 upstream.
The sysfs_break_active_protection() routine has an obvious reference
leak in its error path. If the call to kernfs_find_and_get() fails then
kn will be NULL, so the companion sysfs_unbreak_active_protection()
routine won't get called (and would only cause an access violation by
trying to dereference kn->parent if it was called). As a result, the
reference to kobj acquired at the start of the function will never be
released.
Fix the leak by adding an explicit kobject_put() call when kn is NULL.
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 2afc9166f79b ("scsi: sysfs: Introduce sysfs_{un,}break_active_protection()")
Cc: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8a4d3f0f-c5e3-4b70-a188-0ca433f9e6f9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/sysfs/file.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ struct kernfs_node *sysfs_break_active_p
kn = kernfs_find_and_get(kobj->sd, attr->name);
if (kn)
kernfs_break_active_protection(kn);
+ else
+ kobject_put(kobj);
return kn;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sysfs_break_active_protection);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-5.4/fs-sysfs-fix-reference-leak-in-sysfs_break_active_protection.patch
