The error branch for ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref forget to release the refcount for iloc.bh. Find this when review code. Fixes: 57295e835408 ("ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update") Signed-off-by: Yang Erkun --- fs/ext4/xattr.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c index 2e02efbddaac..4ed8ddf2a60b 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -1037,6 +1037,7 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode, ext4_error_inode(ea_inode, __func__, __LINE__, 0, "EA inode %lu ref wraparound: ref_count=%lld ref_change=%d", ea_inode->i_ino, ref_count, ref_change); + brelse(iloc.bh); ret = -EFSCORRUPTED; goto out; } -- 2.39.2