Xiyu Yang 3bbd0ef260 ext4: fix buffer_head refcnt leak when ext4_iget() fails
ext4_orphan_get() invokes ext4_read_inode_bitmap(), which returns a
reference of the specified buffer_head object to "bitmap_bh" with
increased refcnt.

When ext4_orphan_get() returns, local variable "bitmap_bh" becomes
invalid, so the refcount should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.

The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
ext4_orphan_get(). When ext4_iget() fails, the function forgets to
decrease the refcnt increased by ext4_read_inode_bitmap(), causing a
refcnt leak.

Fix this issue by calling brelse() when ext4_iget() fails.

Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]>
2020-06-03 23:16:49 -04:00
2020-02-24 22:43:18 -08:00
2020-05-03 14:56:04 -07:00

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