2014-05-18 17:50:43

by Trond Myklebust

Subject: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Fix a module reference issue in rpcsec_gss

We're not taking a reference in the case where _gss_mech_get_by_pseudoflavor
loops without finding the correct rpcsec_gss flavour, so why are we
releasing it?

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <[email protected]>
---
net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
index 27ce26240932..92d5ab99fbf3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_mech_switch.c
@@ -218,10 +218,8 @@ static struct gss_api_mech *_gss_mech_get_by_pseudoflavor(u32 pseudoflavor)

spin_lock(&registered_mechs_lock);
list_for_each_entry(pos, &registered_mechs, gm_list) {
- if (!mech_supports_pseudoflavor(pos, pseudoflavor)) {
- module_put(pos->gm_owner);
+ if (!mech_supports_pseudoflavor(pos, pseudoflavor))
continue;
- }
if (try_module_get(pos->gm_owner))
gm = pos;
break;
--
1.9.0