From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
To: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
Cc: dsahern@kernel.org, jgg@ziepe.ca, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, yanjun.zhu@linux.dev,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/nldev: Fix ib_device reference leak in nldev_dellink()
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:32:56 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260923083256.GM563127@unreal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916183101.2092246-1-vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 06:31:01PM +0000, Wentao Liang wrote:
> nldev_dellink() takes a reference on the ib_device with
> ib_device_get_by_index(). When the driver's dellink callback fails,
> the function returns the error directly without dropping that
> reference, leaking it. Call ib_device_put() on the dellink error
> path before returning, matching the handling of the other error
> exits in this function.
>
> Fixes: a60e3f3d6fba ("RDMA/nldev: Add dellink function pointer")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/core/nldev.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
It was already fixed, https://patch.msgid.link/20260903082550.2257-1-lirongqing@baidu.com
Thanks
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