4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> commit a1be1f3931bfe0a42b46fef77a04593c2b136e7f upstream. This reverts commit ba62bafe942b ("kernel/relay.c: fix potential memory leak"). This commit introduced a double free bug, because 'chan' is already freed by the line: kref_put(&chan->kref, relay_destroy_channel); This bug was found by syzkaller, using the BLKTRACESETUP ioctl. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180127004759.101823-1-ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx Fixes: ba62bafe942b ("kernel/relay.c: fix potential memory leak") Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Zhouyi Zhou <yizhouzhou@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/relay.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/relay.c +++ b/kernel/relay.c @@ -611,7 +611,6 @@ free_bufs: kref_put(&chan->kref, relay_destroy_channel); mutex_unlock(&relay_channels_mutex); - kfree(chan); return NULL; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_open);