From: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 332e0e17ad49e084b7db670ef43b5eb59abd9e34 upstream. comedi_open() invokes comedi_dev_get_from_minor(), which returns a reference of the COMEDI device to "dev" with increased refcount. When comedi_open() returns, "dev" becomes invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced. The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of comedi_open(). When "cfp" allocation is failed, the refcnt increased by comedi_dev_get_from_minor() is not decreased, causing a refcnt leak. Fix this issue by calling comedi_dev_put() on this error path when "cfp" allocation is failed. Fixes: 20f083c07565 ("staging: comedi: prepare support for per-file read and write subdevices") Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1587361459-83622-1-git-send-email-xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c @@ -2725,8 +2725,10 @@ static int comedi_open(struct inode *ino } cfp = kzalloc(sizeof(*cfp), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!cfp) + if (!cfp) { + comedi_dev_put(dev); return -ENOMEM; + } cfp->dev = dev;