linux-kernel - [PATCH] pipe: fix potential inode leak in create_pipe

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Date:   Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:03:52 +0800
From:   Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@...wei.com>
To:     <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
CC:     <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <cai@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] pipe: fix potential inode leak in create_pipe_files()


In create_pipe_files(), if alloc_file_clone() fails, we will call
put_pipe_info to release pipe, and call fput() to release f.
However, we donot call iput() to free inode.

Signed-off-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Feilong Lin <linfeilong@...wei.com>
---
 fs/pipe.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 0ac197658a2d..8856607fde65 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ int create_pipe_files(struct file **res, int flags)
 	if (IS_ERR(res[0])) {
 		put_pipe_info(inode, inode->i_pipe);
 		fput(f);
+		iput(inode);
 		return PTR_ERR(res[0]);
 	}
 	res[0]->private_data = inode->i_pipe;
-- 
2.19.1