This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ocfs2: free inode when ocfs2_get_init_inode() fails to the 6.12-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: ocfs2-free-inode-when-ocfs2_get_init_inode-fails.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.12 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 64e568a1d6c18cc43a2cd9af1966b2c7a9faa7df Author: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat Nov 23 22:28:34 2024 +0900 ocfs2: free inode when ocfs2_get_init_inode() fails [ Upstream commit 965b5dd1894f4525f38c1b5f99b0106a07dbb5db ] syzbot is reporting busy inodes after unmount, for commit 9c89fe0af826 ("ocfs2: Handle error from dquot_initialize()") forgot to call iput() when new_inode() succeeded and dquot_initialize() failed. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/e68c0224-b7c6-4784-b4fa-a9fc8c675525@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 9c89fe0af826 ("ocfs2: Handle error from dquot_initialize()") Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot+0af00f6a2cba2058b5db@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0af00f6a2cba2058b5db Tested-by: syzbot+0af00f6a2cba2058b5db@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Changwei Ge <gechangwei@xxxxxxx> Cc: Jun Piao <piaojun@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c index 59c92353151a8..5550f8afa4380 100644 --- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c +++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c @@ -200,8 +200,10 @@ static struct inode *ocfs2_get_init_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode) mode = mode_strip_sgid(&nop_mnt_idmap, dir, mode); inode_init_owner(&nop_mnt_idmap, inode, dir, mode); status = dquot_initialize(inode); - if (status) + if (status) { + iput(inode); return ERR_PTR(status); + } return inode; }