linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 158/305] ext4: fix buffer leak in __ext4_read

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Message-ID: <lsq.1549201508.543923018@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:45:08 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        "Vasily Averin" <vvs@...tuozzo.com>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 158/305] ext4: fix buffer leak in __ext4_read_dirblock()
 on error path

3.16.63-rc1 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>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 fs/ext4/namei.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ 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(-EIO);
 	}
 	if (!ext4_has_metadata_csum(inode->i_sb) ||