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commit 332e0e17ad49e084b7db670ef43b5eb59abd9e34 upstream.
comedi_open() invokes comedi_dev_get_from_minor(), which returns a
reference of the COMEDI device to "dev" with increased refcount.
When comedi_open() returns, "dev" becomes invalid, so the refcount
should be decreased to keep refcount balanced.
The reference counting issue happens in one exception handling path of
comedi_open(). When "cfp" allocation is failed, the refcnt increased by
comedi_dev_get_from_minor() is not decreased, causing a refcnt leak.
Fix this issue by calling comedi_dev_put() on this error path when "cfp"
allocation is failed.
Fixes: 20f083c07565 ("staging: comedi: prepare support for per-file read and write subdevices")
Signed-off-by: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn>
Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Xin Tan <tanxin.ctf@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1587361459-83622-1-git-send-email-xiyuyang19@fudan.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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