linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 148/160] ext4: fix buffer leak in __ext4_read

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Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:29:47 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>,
        Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 148/160] ext4: fix buffer leak in __ext4_read_dirblock() on error path

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>

commit de59fae0043f07de5d25e02ca360f7d57bfa5866 upstream.

Fixes: dc6982ff4db1 ("ext4: refactor code to read directory blocks ...")
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@...tuozzo.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: stable@...nel.org # 3.9
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/ext4/namei.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *__ext4_read_d
 	if (!is_dx_block && type == INDEX) {
 		ext4_error_inode(inode, func, line, block,
 		       "directory leaf block found instead of index block");
+		brelse(bh);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);
 	}
 	if (!ext4_has_metadata_csum(inode->i_sb) ||