[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 062/172] staging: gasket: Fix mapping refcnt leak when put attribute fails

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Wed Jun 17 2020 - 22:03:06 EST


From: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 57a66838e1494cd881b7f4e110ec685736e8e3ca ]

gasket_sysfs_put_attr() invokes get_mapping(), which returns a reference
of the specified gasket_sysfs_mapping object to "mapping" with increased
refcnt.

When gasket_sysfs_put_attr() returns, local variable "mapping" becomes
invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.

The reference counting issue happens in one path of
gasket_sysfs_put_attr(). When mapping attribute is unknown, the function
forgets to decrease the refcnt increased by get_mapping(), causing a
refcnt leak.

Fix this issue by calling put_mapping() when put attribute fails due to
unknown attribute.

Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1587618895-13660-1-git-send-email-xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_sysfs.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_sysfs.c b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_sysfs.c
index fc45f0d13e87..9c982f1c0881 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gasket/gasket_sysfs.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ void gasket_sysfs_put_attr(struct device *device,

dev_err(device, "Unable to put unknown attribute: %s\n",
attr->attr.attr.name);
+ put_mapping(mapping);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(gasket_sysfs_put_attr);

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