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    configfs: fix possible memory leak in configfs_create_dir() · c65234b2
    Chen Zhongjin authored
    kmemleak reported memory leaks in configfs_create_dir():
    
    unreferenced object 0xffff888009f6af00 (size 192):
      comm "modprobe", pid 3777, jiffies 4295537735 (age 233.784s)
      backtrace:
        kmem_cache_alloc (mm/slub.c:3250 mm/slub.c:3256 mm/slub.c:3263 mm/slub.c:3273)
        new_fragment (./include/linux/slab.h:600 fs/configfs/dir.c:163)
        configfs_register_subsystem (fs/configfs/dir.c:1857)
        basic_write (drivers/hwtracing/stm/p_basic.c:14) stm_p_basic
        do_one_initcall (init/main.c:1296)
        do_init_module (kernel/module/main.c:2455)
        ...
    
    unreferenced object 0xffff888003ba7180 (size 96):
      comm "modprobe", pid 3777, jiffies 4295537735 (age 233.784s)
      backtrace:
        kmem_cache_alloc (mm/slub.c:3250 mm/slub.c:3256 mm/slub.c:3263 mm/slub.c:3273)
        configfs_new_dirent (./include/linux/slab.h:723 fs/configfs/dir.c:194)
        configfs_make_dirent (fs/configfs/dir.c:248)
        configfs_create_dir (fs/configfs/dir.c:296)
        configfs_attach_group.isra.28 (fs/configfs/dir.c:816 fs/configfs/dir.c:852)
        configfs_register_subsystem (fs/configfs/dir.c:1881)
        basic_write (drivers/hwtracing/stm/p_basic.c:14) stm_p_basic
        do_one_initcall (init/main.c:1296)
        do_init_module (kernel/module/main.c:2455)
        ...
    
    This is because the refcount is not correct in configfs_make_dirent().
    For normal stage, the refcount is changing as:
    
    configfs_register_subsystem()
      configfs_create_dir()
        configfs_make_dirent()
          configfs_new_dirent() # set s_count = 1
          dentry->d_fsdata = configfs_get(sd); # s_count = 2
    ...
    configfs_unregister_subsystem()
      configfs_remove_dir()
        remove_dir()
          configfs_remove_dirent() # s_count = 1
        dput() ...
          *dentry_unlink_inode()*
            configfs_d_iput() # s_count = 0, release
    
    However, if we failed in configfs_create():
    
    configfs_register_subsystem()
      configfs_create_dir()
        configfs_make_dirent() # s_count = 2
        ...
        configfs_create() # fail
        ->out_remove:
        configfs_remove_dirent(dentry)
          configfs_put(sd) # s_count = 1
          return PTR_ERR(inode);
    
    There is no inode in the error path, so the configfs_d_iput() is lost
    and makes sd and fragment memory leaked.
    
    To fix this, when we failed in configfs_create(), manually call
    configfs_put(sd) to keep the refcount correct.
    
    Fixes: 7063fbf2 ("[PATCH] configfs: User-driven configuration filesystem")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@huawei.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
    c65234b2
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