On Sat, 2016-01-09 at 20:41 -0800, Peter Hurley wrote:
> As the function documentation for tty_ldisc_ref_wait() notes, it is
> only callable from a tty file_operations routine; otherwise there
> is no guarantee the ref won't be NULL.
> 
> The key difference with the VT's paste_selection() is that is an ioctl,
> where __speakup_paste_selection() is completely asynch kworker, kicked
> off from interrupt context.
> 
> Fixes: 28a821c30688 ("Staging: speakup: Update __speakup_paste_selection()
>        tty (ab)usage to match vt")
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
> index aa5ab6c..86c0b9a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
> @@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ static void __speakup_paste_selection(struct work_struct *work)
>  	struct tty_ldisc *ld;
>  	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
>  
> -	ld = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty);
> +	ld = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
> +	if (!ld)
> +		return;
>  	tty_buffer_lock_exclusive(&vc->port);
>  
>  	add_wait_queue(&vc->paste_wait, &wait);

This leaks a reference to the tty.  Instead of returning directly, I
think you need to add a label and goto the tty_kref_put() at the bottom
of the function.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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