From 2c5816b4beccc8ba709144539f6fdd764f8fa49c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:32:36 +0100 Subject: cuse: fix memory leak The problem is that fuse_dev_alloc() acquires an extra reference to cc.fc, and the original ref count is never dropped. Reported-by: Colin Ian King Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi Fixes: cc080e9e9be1 ("fuse: introduce per-instance fuse_dev structure") Cc: # v4.2+ --- fs/fuse/cuse.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/fuse/cuse.c b/fs/fuse/cuse.c index eae2c11268bc..8e3ee1936c7e 100644 --- a/fs/fuse/cuse.c +++ b/fs/fuse/cuse.c @@ -549,6 +549,8 @@ static int cuse_channel_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) unregister_chrdev_region(cc->cdev->dev, 1); cdev_del(cc->cdev); } + /* Base reference is now owned by "fud" */ + fuse_conn_put(&cc->fc); rc = fuse_dev_release(inode, file); /* puts the base reference */ -- cgit v1.2.3