linux-kernel - [PATCH] usbserial: Reference leak

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Date:	Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:35:20 +0200
From:	Matthias Urlichs <smurf@...rf.noris.de>
To:	gregkh@...e.de, akpm@...l.org, torvalds@...l.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] usbserial: Reference leak

A sufficiently-large number of USB serial devices causes a reference leak
when /proc/tty/drivers/usbserial is read.

Signed-Off-By: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@...rf.noris.de>
---
This should be in 2.6.18, for obvious reasons.
It also applies to older 2.6 kernels.)
---
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 3e96350..fae1410 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -471,8 +471,10 @@ static int serial_read_proc (char *page,
 		length += sprintf (page+length, " path:%s", tmp);
 			
 		length += sprintf (page+length, "\n");
-		if ((length + begin) > (off + count))
+		if ((length + begin) > (off + count)) {
+			usb_serial_put(serial);
 			goto done;
+		}
 		if ((length + begin) < off) {
 			begin += length;
 			length = 0;
-- 
Matthias Urlichs   |   {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de   |  smurf@...rf.noris.de
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