Re: [PATCH 1/6] powerpc/spufs: fix spu_context leak in coredump

On Sun, Aug 2, 2026, at 17:51, Junrui Luo via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Junrui Luo <[email protected]>
>
> coredump_next_context() returns a spu_context with a reference taken by
> get_spu_context(), which the caller must drop.
> spufs_coredump_extra_notes_size() does so on all of its exits, but
> spufs_coredump_extra_notes_write() never calls put_spu_context(), so
> every context dumped through elf_coredump_extra_notes_write() leaks a
> reference, including on the success path.
>
> Fix by dropping the reference on each of the three exits of the loop,
> mirroring ..._size().
>
> Fixes: 38b407be172d ("powerpc/spufs: Rework fcheck() usage")
> Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Junrui Luo <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>