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List:       linux-bcache
Subject:    [PATCH 01/19] bcache: Fix leak of bdev reference
From:       bcache () lists ! ewheeler ! net
Date:       2017-06-30 20:42:50
Message-ID: 1498855388-16990-1-git-send-email-bcache () lists ! ewheeler ! net
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From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

If blkdev_get_by_path() in register_bcache() fails, we try to lookup the
block device using lookup_bdev() to detect which situation we are in to
properly report error. However we never drop the reference returned to
us from lookup_bdev(). Fix that.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 8352fad..9a2c190 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -1964,6 +1964,8 @@ static ssize_t register_bcache(struct kobject *k, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 			else
 				err = "device busy";
 			mutex_unlock(&bch_register_lock);
+			if (!IS_ERR(bdev))
+				bdput(bdev);
 			if (attr == &ksysfs_register_quiet)
 				goto out;
 		}
-- 
1.8.3.1

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