From: Pavel Skripkin Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 14:51:22 +0000 (+0300) Subject: net: caif: fix memory leak in ldisc_open X-Git-Tag: v4.19.196~13 X-Git-Url: https://www.infradead.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=568ce04020f5fca707d67d36db2d551966212cfa;p=users%2Fdwmw2%2Flinux.git net: caif: fix memory leak in ldisc_open [ Upstream commit 58af3d3d54e87bfc1f936e16c04ade3369d34011 ] Syzbot reported memory leak in tty_init_dev(). The problem was in unputted tty in ldisc_open() static int ldisc_open(struct tty_struct *tty) { ... ser->tty = tty_kref_get(tty); ... result = register_netdevice(dev); if (result) { rtnl_unlock(); free_netdev(dev); return -ENODEV; } ... } Ser pointer is netdev private_data, so after free_netdev() this pointer goes away with unputted tty reference. So, fix it by adding tty_kref_put() before freeing netdev. Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+f303e045423e617d2cad@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c index 94d5ce9419ca6..81ec17b9c49cf 100644 --- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c +++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c @@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ static int ldisc_open(struct tty_struct *tty) rtnl_lock(); result = register_netdevice(dev); if (result) { + tty_kref_put(tty); rtnl_unlock(); free_netdev(dev); return -ENODEV;