Re: [PATCH -next] livepatch: Fix missing unlock on error in klp_enable_patch()

From: David Vernet
Date: Mon Dec 27 2021 - 11:31:50 EST


Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Sat [2021-Dec-25 10:51:15 +0800]:
> Add missing unlock when try_module_get() fails in klp_enable_patch().
>
> Fixes: bf01c2975925 ("livepatch: Fix kobject refcount bug on klp_init_patch_early failure path")
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/livepatch/core.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/core.c b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> index 23cf444091a8..01bfab7fe7c0 100644
> --- a/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/livepatch/core.c
> @@ -1047,8 +1047,10 @@ int klp_enable_patch(struct klp_patch *patch)
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> - if (!try_module_get(patch->mod))
> + if (!try_module_get(patch->mod)) {
> + mutex_unlock(&klp_mutex);
> return -ENODEV;
> + }
>
> klp_init_patch_early(patch);
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>

Apologies for the silly oversight. Thank you for the fix.

Acked-by: David Vernet <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>