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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/1] autofs: fix memory leak of waitqueues in autofs_catatonic_mode
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On 12/2/23 03:59, Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> Syzkaller reports the leak [1]. It is reproducible.
>
> The following patch fixes the leak. It was proposed by Takeshi Misawa and
> tested by Syzbot.
>
> In other places of the code the waitqueue is freed when its wait_ctr
> becomes zero (see autofs_wait_release). So I think it is not actually
> supposed that inside autofs_catatonic_mode wait_ctr cannot be decreased to
> zero. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Clearly there's a problem here but I'll need to think about what's going

a bit more myself.


>
> Also, looking at the discussion [2] of the '[PATCH] autofs4: use wake_up()
> instead of wake_up_interruptible', shouldn't wake_up_interruptible()
> inside autofs_catatonic_mode() be replaced with wake_up()?

Yes, I think so but that also deserves a bit of thought.


Ian

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