[PATCH] ceph: fix refcount leak in ceph_readdir()
From: WenTao Liang
Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 10:40:41 EST
The ceph_readdir() function allocates a ceph_mds_request via
ceph_mdsc_create_request() and stores it in dfi->last_readdir. In
the directory entry processing loop, if the entry's offset is less
than ctx->pos or if the inode pointer is unexpectedly NULL, the
function returns -EIO without releasing the reference held by
dfi->last_readdir, causing a refcount leak.
Fix this by adding ceph_mdsc_put_request(dfi->last_readdir) before
returning on these error paths. Also set dfi->last_readdir to NULL
for safety, matching the cleanup done at the normal exit.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: af9ffa6df7e3 ("ceph: add support to readdir for encrypted names")
Signed-off-by: WenTao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ceph/dir.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 27ce9e55e947..ef9e92e362d3 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -546,11 +546,16 @@ static int ceph_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)
pr_warn_client(cl,
"%p %llx.%llx rde->offset 0x%llx ctx->pos 0x%llx\n",
inode, ceph_vinop(inode), rde->offset, ctx->pos);
+ ceph_mdsc_put_request(dfi->last_readdir);
+ dfi->last_readdir = NULL;
return -EIO;
}
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!rde->inode.in))
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!rde->inode.in)) {
+ ceph_mdsc_put_request(dfi->last_readdir);
+ dfi->last_readdir = NULL;
return -EIO;
+ }
ctx->pos = rde->offset;
doutc(cl, "%p %llx.%llx (%d/%d) -> %llx '%.*s' %p\n", inode,
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)