From 54473e0ef849f44e5ee43e6d6746c27030c3825b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Gleixner Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 22:22:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] perf/core: Preserve AUX buffer allocation failure result A recent overhaul sets the return value to 0 unconditionally after the allocations, which causes reference count leaks and corrupts the user->vm accounting. Preserve the AUX buffer allocation failure return value, so that the subsequent code works correctly. Fixes: 0983593f32c4 ("perf/core: Lift event->mmap_mutex in perf_mmap()") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org --- kernel/events/core.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 22fdf0c187cd9..c05262e15b7d7 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -7115,6 +7115,7 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) perf_event_update_time(event); perf_event_init_userpage(event); perf_event_update_userpage(event); + ret = 0; } else { ret = rb_alloc_aux(rb, event, vma->vm_pgoff, nr_pages, event->attr.aux_watermark, flags); @@ -7122,8 +7123,6 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) rb->aux_mmap_locked = extra; } - ret = 0; - unlock: if (!ret) { atomic_long_add(user_extra, &user->locked_vm); -- 2.47.2