This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled powerpc/pci/rpadlpar: Fix device reference leaks to the 4.9-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: powerpc-pci-rpadlpar-fix-device-reference-leaks.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 99e5cde5eae78bef95bfe7c16ccda87fb070149b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 16:26:03 +0100 Subject: powerpc/pci/rpadlpar: Fix device reference leaks From: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 99e5cde5eae78bef95bfe7c16ccda87fb070149b upstream. Make sure to drop any device reference taken by vio_find_node() when adding and removing virtual I/O slots. Fixes: 5eeb8c63a38f ("[PATCH] PCI Hotplug: rpaphp: Move VIO registration") Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_core.c @@ -257,8 +257,13 @@ static int dlpar_add_phb(char *drc_name, static int dlpar_add_vio_slot(char *drc_name, struct device_node *dn) { - if (vio_find_node(dn)) + struct vio_dev *vio_dev; + + vio_dev = vio_find_node(dn); + if (vio_dev) { + put_device(&vio_dev->dev); return -EINVAL; + } if (!vio_register_device_node(dn)) { printk(KERN_ERR @@ -334,6 +339,9 @@ static int dlpar_remove_vio_slot(char *d return -EINVAL; vio_unregister_device(vio_dev); + + put_device(&vio_dev->dev); + return 0; } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from johan@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.9/usb-serial-io_ti-fix-i-o-after-disconnect.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-ti_usb_3410_5052-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-kl5kusb105-abort-on-open-exception-path.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-kobil_sct-fix-null-deref-in-write.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-spcp8x5-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-mos7720-fix-parallel-probe.patch queue-4.9/usb-phy-am335x-control-fix-device-and-of_node-leaks.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-io_ti-bind-to-interface-after-fw-download.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-cyberjack-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-mos7720-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-garmin_gps-fix-memory-leak-on-failed-urb-submit.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-io_ti-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/powerpc-pci-rpadlpar-fix-device-reference-leaks.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-pl2303-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-quatech2-fix-sleep-while-atomic-in-close.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-iuu_phoenix-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-oti6858-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-io_edgeport-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-mos7720-fix-parport-use-after-free-on-probe-errors.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-mos7720-fix-use-after-free-on-probe-errors.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-mos7840-fix-null-deref-at-open.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-omninet-fix-null-derefs-at-open-and-disconnect.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-keyspan_pda-verify-endpoints-at-probe.patch queue-4.9/usb-serial-io_ti-fix-another-null-deref-at-open.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html