--- a/mm/swapfile.c~mm-fix-potential-memory-leak-in-sys_swapon +++ a/mm/swapfile.c @@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __use error = inode_drain_writes(inode); if (error) { inode->i_flags &= ~S_SWAPFILE; - goto bad_swap_unlock_inode; + goto free_swap_address_space; } mutex_lock(&swapon_mutex); @@ -3367,6 +3367,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __use error = 0; goto out; +free_swap_address_space: + exit_swap_address_space(p->type); bad_swap_unlock_inode: inode_unlock(inode); bad_swap: