linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 04/10] blk-cgroup: Fix memleak on error path

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Date:   Mon,  2 Nov 2020 20:20:48 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 04/10] blk-cgroup: Fix memleak on error path

From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>

[ Upstream commit 52abfcbd57eefdd54737fc8c2dc79d8f46d4a3e5 ]

If new_blkg allocation raced with blk_policy change and
blkg_lookup_check fails, new_blkg is leaked.

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 block/blk-cgroup.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index 3dc7c0b4adcbb..a7217caea699d 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ int blkg_conf_prep(struct blkcg *blkcg, const struct blkcg_policy *pol,
 		blkg = blkg_lookup_check(pos, pol, q);
 		if (IS_ERR(blkg)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(blkg);
+			blkg_free(new_blkg);
 			goto fail_unlock;
 		}
 
-- 
2.27.0