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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@suse.com>,
	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
	Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y] smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection()
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:08:55 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260213150855.3532387-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026021306-laurel-scariness-bfee@gregkh>

From: Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@suse.com>

[ Upstream commit 77ffbcac4e569566d0092d5f22627dfc0896b553 ]

On kthread_run() failure in ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(), the transport is
freed via free_transport(), which does not decrement active_num_conn,
leaking this counter.

Replace free_transport() with ksmbd_tcp_disconnect().

Fixes: 0d0d4680db22e ("ksmbd: add max connections parameter")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Henrique Carvalho <henrique.carvalho@suse.com>
Acked-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 fs/ksmbd/transport_tcp.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ksmbd/transport_tcp.c b/fs/ksmbd/transport_tcp.c
index 176295137045a..7ef201b7ddb57 100644
--- a/fs/ksmbd/transport_tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ksmbd/transport_tcp.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static struct ksmbd_transport_ops ksmbd_tcp_transport_ops;
 
 static void tcp_stop_kthread(struct task_struct *kthread);
 static struct interface *alloc_iface(char *ifname);
+static void ksmbd_tcp_disconnect(struct ksmbd_transport *t);
 
 #define KSMBD_TRANS(t)	(&(t)->transport)
 #define TCP_TRANS(t)	((struct tcp_transport *)container_of(t, \
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ static int ksmbd_tcp_new_connection(struct socket *client_sk)
 	if (IS_ERR(handler)) {
 		pr_err("cannot start conn thread\n");
 		rc = PTR_ERR(handler);
-		free_transport(t);
+		ksmbd_tcp_disconnect(KSMBD_TRANS(t));
 	}
 	return rc;
 
-- 
2.51.0


      reply	other threads:[~2026-02-13 15:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-13  9:52 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] smb: server: fix leak of active_num_conn in" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2026-02-13 15:08 ` Sasha Levin [this message]

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