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ext4: fix missing brelse() in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()
authorSohei Koyama <skoyama@ddn.com>
Mon, 6 Apr 2026 07:48:30 +0000 (16:48 +0900)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:06:12 +0000 (22:06 -0400)
commit77d059519382bd66283e6a4e83ee186e87e7708f
treee777b4341a9d345c45b26f5f0e95eedef6bfcb73
parent22f53f08d9eb837ce69b1a07641d414aac8d045f
ext4: fix missing brelse() in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all()

The commit c8e008b60492 ("ext4: ignore xattrs past end")
introduced a refcount leak in when block_csum is false.

ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() calls ext4_get_inode_loc() to
get iloc.bh, but never releases it with brelse().

Fixes: c8e008b60492 ("ext4: ignore xattrs past end")
Signed-off-by: Sohei Koyama <skoyama@ddn.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260406074830.8480-1-skoyama@ddn.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/ext4/xattr.c