Re: [PATCH v2] usb: usbip: fix a refcount leak in stub_probe()

From: Hangyu Hua
Date: Thu Apr 07 2022 - 21:59:45 EST


Hi Shuah,

I find this by code review. Do i really need to add this to commit log? This look like a little weird.

Thanks

On 2022/4/8 00:31, Shuah Khan wrote:
On 4/6/22 8:22 PM, Hangyu Hua wrote:
usb_get_dev() is called in stub_device_alloc(). When stub_probe() fails
after that, usb_put_dev() needs to be called to release the reference.

Fix this by moving usb_put_dev() to sdev_free error path handling.

Fixes: 3ff67445750a ("usbip: fix error handling in stub_probe()")
Signed-off-by: Hangyu Hua <hbh25y@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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v2: add more description of this patch.

Still missing details on how this problem was found. Please add them
to the commit log.

thanks,
-- Shuah