[PATCH 003 of 8] knfsd: Fix resource leak resulting in module refcount leak for rpcsec_gss_krb5.ko

NeilBrown
2007-05-07T00:38:05Z

From: Frank Filz <ffilzlnx@us.ibm.com>

I have been investigating a module reference count leak on the server
for rpcsec_gss_krb5.ko. It turns out the problem is a reference count
leak for the security context in net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c.

The problem is that gss_write_init_verf() calls gss_svc_searchbyctx()
which does a rsc_lookup() but never releases the reference to the
context. There is another issue that rpc.svcgssd sets an "end of time"
expiration for the context

By adding a cache_put() call in gss_svc_searchbyctx(), and setting an
expiration timeout in the downcall, cache_clean() does clean up the
context and the module reference count now goes to zero after unmount.

I also verified that if the context expires and then the client makes a
new request, a new context is established.

Here is the patch to fix the kernel, I will start a separate thread to
discuss what expiration time should be set by rpc.svcgssd.

Acked-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Signed-off-by: Frank Filz <ffilzlnx@us.ibm.com>

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index db298b5..eb16e30 100644
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>

### Diffstat output
./net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff .prev/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c ./net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
--- .prev/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c 2007-05-07 10:30:38.000000000 +1000
+++ ./net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c 2007-05-07 10:31:03.000000000 +1000
@@ -938,6 +938,7 @@ static inline int
gss_write_init_verf(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct rsi *rsip)
{
struct rsc *rsci;
+ int rc;

if (rsip->major_status != GSS_S_COMPLETE)
return gss_write_null_verf(rqstp);
@@ -946,7 +947,9 @@ gss_write_init_verf(struct svc_rqst *rqs
rsip->major_status = GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT;
return gss_write_null_verf(rqstp);
}
- return gss_write_verf(rqstp, rsci->mechctx, GSS_SEQ_WIN);
+ rc = gss_write_verf(rqstp, rsci->mechctx, GSS_SEQ_WIN);
+ cache_put(&rsci->h, &rsc_cache);
+ return rc;
}

/*