From 51006452221fd25046ad6ffbb141eb5d1c05a9a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Hattori Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:31:09 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] char: tpm: Fix possible memory leak in tpm_bios_measurements_open() commit 5d8e2971e817bb64225fc0b6327a78752f58a9aa upstream. In tpm_bios_measurements_open(), get_device() is called on the device embedded in struct tpm_chip. In the error path, however, put_device() is not called. This results in a reference count leak, which prevents the device from being properly released. This commit makes sure to call put_device() when the seq_open() call fails. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # +v4.18 Fixes: 9b01b5356629 ("tpm: Move shared eventlog functions to common.c") Signed-off-by: Joe Hattori Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/common.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/common.c b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/common.c index 8512ec76d..4a6186f9f 100755 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/common.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/eventlog/common.c @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ static int tpm_bios_measurements_open(struct inode *inode, if (!err) { seq = file->private_data; seq->private = chip; + } else { + put_device(&chip->dev); } return err;