From: Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>
To: raven@themaw.net
Cc: bodonnel@redhat.com, brauner@kernel.org, autofs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>,
syzbot+df1db6e034b3953e19f5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super()
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 13:40:48 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903081048.132524-1-jeffinphilip14@gmail.com> (raw)
In autofs_fill_super(), we create a new inode using
autofs_new_ino(), however, if we fail to create root_inode,
(that is, root_inode failure path), we return -ENOMEM without
freeing the new inode(ino) that we created causing a memory leak.
Fix this by adding autofs_free_ino() to free the inode we created
in root_inode failure path before returning ENOMEM.
Reported-by: syzbot+df1db6e034b3953e19f5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=df1db6e034b3953e19f5
Fixes: 66917f85db60 ("autofs: add: new_inode check in autofs_fill_super()")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jeffin Philip <jeffinphilip14@gmail.com>
---
fs/autofs/inode.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/autofs/inode.c b/fs/autofs/inode.c
index c1e210cec436..6b15a3717ba7 100644
--- a/fs/autofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/autofs/inode.c
@@ -323,8 +323,10 @@ static int autofs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc)
return -ENOMEM;
root_inode = autofs_get_inode(s, S_IFDIR | 0755);
- if (!root_inode)
+ if (!root_inode) {
+ autofs_free_ino(ino);
return -ENOMEM;
+ }
root_inode->i_uid = ctx->uid;
root_inode->i_gid = ctx->gid;
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 8:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 8:10 Jeffin Philip [this message]
2026-09-03 12:28 ` [PATCH] fs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super() Ian Kent
2026-09-04 7:48 ` Christian Brauner
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