From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 15:16:33 +0000 (+0100) Subject: kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() X-Git-Tag: v6.2.5~32 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=94f68f3e059c478e240f65fcb64746fe371295df;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git kernel/fail_function: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() [ Upstream commit 2bb3669f576559db273efe49e0e69f82450efbca ] When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at once. Cc: Andrew Morton Reviewed-by: Yang Yingliang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230202151633.2310897-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- diff --git a/kernel/fail_function.c b/kernel/fail_function.c index a7ccd2930c5f4..d971a01893197 100644 --- a/kernel/fail_function.c +++ b/kernel/fail_function.c @@ -163,10 +163,7 @@ static void fei_debugfs_add_attr(struct fei_attr *attr) static void fei_debugfs_remove_attr(struct fei_attr *attr) { - struct dentry *dir; - - dir = debugfs_lookup(attr->kp.symbol_name, fei_debugfs_dir); - debugfs_remove_recursive(dir); + debugfs_lookup_and_remove(attr->kp.symbol_name, fei_debugfs_dir); } static int fei_kprobe_handler(struct kprobe *kp, struct pt_regs *regs)