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    cachefiles: fix memory leak in cachefiles_add_cache() · e21a2f17
    Baokun Li authored
    The following memory leak was reported after unbinding /dev/cachefiles:
    
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    unreferenced object 0xffff9b674176e3c0 (size 192):
      comm "cachefilesd2", pid 680, jiffies 4294881224
      hex dump (first 32 bytes):
        01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
        00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
      backtrace (crc ea38a44b):
        [<ffffffff8eb8a1a5>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x2d5/0x370
        [<ffffffff8e917f86>] prepare_creds+0x26/0x2e0
        [<ffffffffc002eeef>] cachefiles_determine_cache_security+0x1f/0x120
        [<ffffffffc00243ec>] cachefiles_add_cache+0x13c/0x3a0
        [<ffffffffc0025216>] cachefiles_daemon_write+0x146/0x1c0
        [<ffffffff8ebc4a3b>] vfs_write+0xcb/0x520
        [<ffffffff8ebc5069>] ksys_write+0x69/0xf0
        [<ffffffff8f6d4662>] do_syscall_64+0x72/0x140
        [<ffffffff8f8000aa>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76
    ==================================================================
    
    Put the reference count of cache_cred in cachefiles_daemon_unbind() to
    fix the problem. And also put cache_cred in cachefiles_add_cache() error
    branch to avoid memory leaks.
    
    Fixes: 9ae326a6 ("CacheFiles: A cache that backs onto a mounted filesystem")
    CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBaokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240217081431.796809-1-libaokun1@huawei.comAcked-by: default avatarDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJingbo Xu <jefflexu@linux.alibaba.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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