[PATCH 4.14 42/44] cxl_getfile(): fix double-iput() on alloc_file() failures

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Jul 23 2018 - 08:30:41 EST


4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit d202797f480c0e5918e7642d6716cdc62b3ab5c9 upstream.

Doing iput() after path_put() is wrong.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/misc/cxl/api.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/api.c
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ static struct file *cxl_getfile(const ch
d_instantiate(path.dentry, inode);

file = alloc_file(&path, OPEN_FMODE(flags), fops);
- if (IS_ERR(file))
- goto err_dput;
+ if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+ path_put(&path);
+ goto err_fs;
+ }
file->f_flags = flags & (O_ACCMODE | O_NONBLOCK);
file->private_data = priv;

return file;

-err_dput:
- path_put(&path);
err_inode:
iput(inode);
err_fs: