linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty_port: Fix refcounting leak in tty_port_tty

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:30:28 +0200
From:	Gianluca Anzolin <gianluca@...tospazio.it>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, gustavo@...ovan.org,
	peter@...leysoftware.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty_port: Fix refcounting leak in tty_port_tty_hangup()

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:14:36AM +0200, Gianluca Anzolin wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 08:26:45AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > On 07/25/2013 07:26 AM, Gianluca Anzolin wrote:
> > > The function tty_port_tty_hangup() could leak a reference to the tty_struct:
> > > 
> > >         struct tty_struct *tty = tty_port_tty_get(port);
> > > 
> > >         if (tty && (!check_clocal || !C_CLOCAL(tty))) {
> > >                 tty_hangup(tty);
> > >                 tty_kref_put(tty);
> > >         }
> > > 
> > > If tty != NULL and the second condition is false we never call tty_kref_put and
> > > the reference is leaked.
> > > 
> > > Fix by always calling tty_kref_put() which accepts a NULL argument.
> > > 
> > > The patch fixes a regression introduced by commit aa27a094.
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@...labora.co.uk>
> > > Signed-off-by: Gianluca Anzolin <gianluca@...tospazio.it>
> > 
> > Acked-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
> > 
> > Thanks for the fix.
> > 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I sent this morning a newer fix changed following the instructions of Peter
> Hurley. Could you apply that fix instead?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Gianluca

Disregard that, that one was the right fix.

Thanks,
Gianluca
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