From 54f9247b3f6e51b24a4b7e873b3ab34d8e59dc45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frank Filz Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 02:34:53 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] knfsd: fix resource leak resulting in module refcount leak for rpcsec_gss_krb5.ko I have been investigating a module reference count leak on the server for rpcsec_gss_krb5.ko. It turns out the problem is a reference count leak for the security context in net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c. The problem is that gss_write_init_verf() calls gss_svc_searchbyctx() which does a rsc_lookup() but never releases the reference to the context. There is another issue that rpc.svcgssd sets an "end of time" expiration for the context By adding a cache_put() call in gss_svc_searchbyctx(), and setting an expiration timeout in the downcall, cache_clean() does clean up the context and the module reference count now goes to zero after unmount. I also verified that if the context expires and then the client makes a new request, a new context is established. Here is the patch to fix the kernel, I will start a separate thread to discuss what expiration time should be set by rpc.svcgssd. Acked-by: "J. Bruce Fields" Signed-off-by: Frank Filz Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c index c678f5f461..9c0508e549 100644 --- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c @@ -924,6 +924,7 @@ static inline int gss_write_init_verf(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct rsi *rsip) { struct rsc *rsci; + int rc; if (rsip->major_status != GSS_S_COMPLETE) return gss_write_null_verf(rqstp); @@ -932,7 +933,9 @@ gss_write_init_verf(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct rsi *rsip) rsip->major_status = GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT; return gss_write_null_verf(rqstp); } - return gss_write_verf(rqstp, rsci->mechctx, GSS_SEQ_WIN); + rc = gss_write_verf(rqstp, rsci->mechctx, GSS_SEQ_WIN); + cache_put(&rsci->h, &rsc_cache); + return rc; } /* -- 2.39.5