FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ipmi: fix refcount leak in i_ipmi_request()" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x a3f3859cecacb64f18fd446271ece9a3b3f2d4de
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026072152-turbine-driving-268c@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From a3f3859cecacb64f18fd446271ece9a3b3f2d4de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 12:06:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ipmi: fix refcount leak in i_ipmi_request()

When a caller provides a `supplied_recv` message to i_ipmi_request(),
the function increments the user's `nr_msgs` reference count. If an
error occurs later, the out_err cleanup path only frees the recv_msg
if the function allocated it itself (i.e., !supplied_recv). In the
supplied_recv case the cleanup is skipped, leaving the reference count
elevated. The caller ipmi_request_supply_msgs() does not release the
supplied_recv on error, so the reference is permanently leaked.

Fix this by explicitly reverting the reference count operations when a
supplied recv_msg with a valid user pointer is present in the error
path: decrement nr_msgs and drop the user's kref.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b52da4054ee0 ("ipmi: Rework user message limit handling")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Message-ID: <20260603120634.3758747-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index 7ca2cacbaa05..ab4c85f3d6fe 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -2345,6 +2345,10 @@ static int i_ipmi_request(struct ipmi_user     *user,
 		if (smi_msg == NULL) {
 			if (!supplied_recv)
 				ipmi_free_recv_msg(recv_msg);
+			else if (recv_msg->user) {
+				atomic_dec(&recv_msg->user->nr_msgs);
+				kref_put(&recv_msg->user->refcount, free_ipmi_user);
+			}
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2418,6 +2422,10 @@ static int i_ipmi_request(struct ipmi_user     *user,
 			ipmi_free_smi_msg(smi_msg);
 		if (!supplied_recv)
 			ipmi_free_recv_msg(recv_msg);
+		else if (recv_msg->user) {
+			atomic_dec(&recv_msg->user->nr_msgs);
+			kref_put(&recv_msg->user->refcount, free_ipmi_user);
+		}
 	}
 	return rv;
 }