[PATCH] perf: fix event leak when perf_event_open() failed to create event_file

From: Leon Yu
Date: Sun Mar 20 2016 - 11:53:22 EST


If something went wrong in anon_inode_getfile, event_file will be set to
non-zero error number and able to bypass the NULL test afterward.

Consolidate the error path by testing event_file with handly
IS_ERR_OR_NULL() helper since we do want to free event in both cases.

Signed-off-by: Leon Yu <chianglungyu@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 130056275ade ("perf: Do not double free")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.5
---
kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 6146148..5f2e19f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8617,7 +8617,7 @@ err_alloc:
* If event_file is set, the fput() above will have called ->release()
* and that will take care of freeing the event.
*/
- if (!event_file)
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(event_file))
free_event(event);
err_cpus:
put_online_cpus();
--
2.7.1