Re: [PATCH] btrfs: Fix btrfs_block_group refcnt leak

[Xiyu Yang]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 12:43:15AM +0200, David Sterba wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 01:38:40PM +0800, Xiyu Yang wrote:
> > btrfs_remove_block_group() invokes btrfs_lookup_block_group(), which
> > returns a local reference of the blcok group that contains the given
> > bytenr to "block_group" with increased refcount.
> > 
> > When btrfs_remove_block_group() returns, "block_group" becomes invalid,
> > so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.
> > 
> > The reference counting issue happens in several exception handling paths
> > of btrfs_remove_block_group(). When those error scenarios occur such as
> > btrfs_alloc_path() returns NULL, the function forgets to decrease its
> > refcnt increased by btrfs_lookup_block_group() and will cause a refcnt
> > leak.
> > 
> > Fix this issue by jumping to "out_put_group" label and calling
> > btrfs_put_block_group() when those error scenarios occur.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Thanks for the fix. May I ask if this was found by code inspection or by
> some analysis tool?

Thanks for your advice about the patch! We are looking for some automated ways
to find this kind of bug.