[PATCH] autofs: fix sbi->pipe file reference leak in autofs_kill_sb()
From: Hui Peng
Date: Sat Sep 19 2026 - 16:49:55 EST
When autofs_fill_super() fails before clearing AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC (for
example, when find_get_pid() fails on an invalid pgrp mount option, or
when an fs_context is closed before mounting), deactivate_locked_super()
invokes autofs_kill_sb() -> autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi).
Because AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC is still set in sbi->flags,
autofs_catatonic_mode() returns early without calling fput(sbi->pipe),
permanently leaking the pipe struct file reference.
Explicitly release sbi->pipe in autofs_kill_sb() if it is still non-NULL
after autofs_catatonic_mode().
Fixes: ebc921ca9b92 ("autofs: copy autofs4 to autofs")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@xxxxxxxxx>
---
diff --git a/fs/autofs/inode.c b/fs/autofs/inode.c
--- a/fs/autofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/inode.c
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ void autofs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
if (sbi) {
/* Free wait queues, close pipe */
autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi);
+ if (sbi->pipe) {
+ fput(sbi->pipe);
+ sbi->pipe = NULL;
+ }
put_pid(sbi->oz_pgrp);
}
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