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authorJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2009-08-10 22:00:13 +1000
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2009-08-11 08:37:13 +1000
commit314dabb83a547ec4da819e8cbc78fac9cec605cd (patch)
tree8e32efc47c52a218bfb4eb517ae2ba14d496adcc /security/selinux
parent85dfd81dc57e8183a277ddd7a56aa65c96f3f487 (diff)
downloadlinux-314dabb83a547ec4da819e8cbc78fac9cec605cd.tar.gz
SELinux: fix memory leakage in /security/selinux/hooks.c
Fix memory leakage in /security/selinux/hooks.c

The buffer always needs to be freed here; we either error
out or allocate more memory.

Reported-by: iceberg <strakh@ispras.ru>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Acked-by:  Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/selinux')
-rw-r--r--security/selinux/hooks.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 15c2a08a66f1..1e8cfc4c2ed6 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1285,6 +1285,8 @@ static int inode_doinit_with_dentry(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *opt_dent
 		rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
 					   context, len);
 		if (rc == -ERANGE) {
+			kfree(context);
+
 			/* Need a larger buffer.  Query for the right size. */
 			rc = inode->i_op->getxattr(dentry, XATTR_NAME_SELINUX,
 						   NULL, 0);
@@ -1292,7 +1294,6 @@ static int inode_doinit_with_dentry(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *opt_dent
 				dput(dentry);
 				goto out_unlock;
 			}
-			kfree(context);
 			len = rc;
 			context = kmalloc(len+1, GFP_NOFS);
 			if (!context) {