linux-kernel - [PATCH block/for-linus] blkcg: fix gendisk reference leak in blkg_conf

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20150722220553.GO15934@mtj.duckdns.org>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:05:53 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH block/for-linus] blkcg: fix gendisk reference leak in
 blkg_conf_prep()

When a blkcg configuration is targeted to a partition rather than a
whole device, blkg_conf_prep fails with -EINVAL; unfortunately, it
forgets to put the gendisk ref in that case.  Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 block/blk-cgroup.c |    6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -791,8 +791,12 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	disk = get_gendisk(MKDEV(major, minor), &part);
-	if (!disk || part)
+	if (!disk)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (part) {
+		put_disk(disk);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	spin_lock_irq(disk->queue->queue_lock);
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/