[PATCH net v2 10/10] rxrpc: Fix leak of released call in recvmsg(MSG_PEEK)

From: David Howells

Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 09:55:29 EST


Fix rxrpc_recvmsg() to also drop the ref it holds on an already-released
call if MSG_PEEK is in force (the function holds a ref on the call
irrespective of whether MSG_PEEK is specified or not).

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260616155749.2125907-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 962fb1f651c2 ("rxrpc: Fix recv-recv race of completed call")
---
net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
index 9962e135cb73..efcba4b2e74f 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/recvmsg.c
@@ -529,8 +529,7 @@ int rxrpc_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
if (test_bit(RXRPC_CALL_RELEASED, &call->flags)) {
rxrpc_see_call(call, rxrpc_call_see_already_released);
mutex_unlock(&call->user_mutex);
- if (!(flags & MSG_PEEK))
- rxrpc_put_call(call, rxrpc_call_put_recvmsg);
+ rxrpc_put_call(call, rxrpc_call_put_recvmsg);
goto try_again;
}