[PATCH 4.9 63/88] kernel/relay.c: revert "kernel/relay.c: fix potential memory leak"

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Feb 15 2018 - 13:04:44 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit a1be1f3931bfe0a42b46fef77a04593c2b136e7f upstream.

This reverts commit ba62bafe942b ("kernel/relay.c: fix potential memory leak").

This commit introduced a double free bug, because 'chan' is already
freed by the line:

kref_put(&chan->kref, relay_destroy_channel);

This bug was found by syzkaller, using the BLKTRACESETUP ioctl.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180127004759.101823-1-ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx
Fixes: ba62bafe942b ("kernel/relay.c: fix potential memory leak")
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot <syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zhouyi Zhou <yizhouzhou@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
kernel/relay.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -611,7 +611,6 @@ free_bufs:

kref_put(&chan->kref, relay_destroy_channel);
mutex_unlock(&relay_channels_mutex);
- kfree(chan);
return NULL;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_open);