[PATCH 5.7 281/376] ext4: fix buffer_head refcnt leak when ext4_iget() fails

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jun 19 2020 - 11:37:37 EST


From: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 3bbd0ef26098d241dc59ee77ba14b7dab0df0786 upstream.

ext4_orphan_get() invokes ext4_read_inode_bitmap(), which returns a
reference of the specified buffer_head object to "bitmap_bh" with
increased refcnt.

When ext4_orphan_get() returns, local variable "bitmap_bh" becomes
invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.

The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
ext4_orphan_get(). When ext4_iget() fails, the function forgets to
decrease the refcnt increased by ext4_read_inode_bitmap(), causing a
refcnt leak.

Fix this issue by calling brelse() when ext4_iget() fails.

Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1587618568-13418-1-git-send-email-xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_orphan_get(struct sup
ext4_error_err(sb, -err,
"couldn't read orphan inode %lu (err %d)",
ino, err);
+ brelse(bitmap_bh);
return inode;
}