git: 0bf4d22c3708 - main - kqueue: don't leak file refs on failure to knote_attach()
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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:37:32 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kevans:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=0bf4d22c37083170961c31694b90551538901a1c
commit 0bf4d22c37083170961c31694b90551538901a1c
Author: Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-04-09 02:37:00 +0000
Commit: Kyle Evans <kevans@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-04-09 02:37:11 +0000
kqueue: don't leak file refs on failure to knote_attach()
We'll subsequently just knote_free() since the knote is barely
constructed, but that bypasses any logic that might release references
on owned files/fops. Defer clearing those until the knote actually owns
them and update the comment to draw the line more clearly.
Reviewed by: kib
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56318
---
sys/kern/kern_event.c | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_event.c b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
index 0d37327f14bd..1deb7a705c56 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_event.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_event.c
@@ -1822,12 +1822,6 @@ findkn:
kn->kn_fp = fp;
kn->kn_kq = kq;
kn->kn_fop = fops;
- /*
- * apply reference counts to knote structure, and
- * do not release it at the end of this routine.
- */
- fops = NULL;
- fp = NULL;
kn->kn_sfflags = kev->fflags;
kn->kn_sdata = kev->data;
@@ -1848,6 +1842,16 @@ findkn:
goto done;
}
+ /*
+ * We transfer ownership of fops/fp to the knote
+ * structure and avoid releasing them at the end of
+ * this routine, now that all of the remaining exit
+ * paths will knote_drop() to release the reference
+ * counts we held on them above.
+ */
+ fops = NULL;
+ fp = NULL;
+
if ((error = kn->kn_fop->f_attach(kn)) != 0) {
knote_drop_detached(kn, td);
goto done;