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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, uclinux-dev@uclinux.org,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>,
	stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] FDPIC: Fix memory leak
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:16:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110706141604.92fd4f9a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110706112604.29112.39546.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>

On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:26:05 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:

> From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
> 
> The shdr4extnum variable isn't being freed in the cleanup process of
> elf_fdpic_core_dump().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> ---
> 
>  fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
> index 63039ed..2bc5dc6 100644
> --- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
> +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
> @@ -1864,6 +1864,7 @@ cleanup:
>  	kfree(psinfo);
>  	kfree(notes);
>  	kfree(fpu);
> +	kfree(shdr4extnum);
>  #ifdef ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS
>  	kfree(xfpu);
>  #endif

So if it dumps core often enough, the machine runs out of memory and
dies.  I added a cc:stable to my copy of this one.

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: uclinux-dev@uclinux.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
	stable@kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] FDPIC: Fix memory leak
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 14:16:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110706141604.92fd4f9a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110706112604.29112.39546.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>

On Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:26:05 +0100
David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:

> From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
> 
> The shdr4extnum variable isn't being freed in the cleanup process of
> elf_fdpic_core_dump().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> ---
> 
>  fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
> index 63039ed..2bc5dc6 100644
> --- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
> +++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
> @@ -1864,6 +1864,7 @@ cleanup:
>  	kfree(psinfo);
>  	kfree(notes);
>  	kfree(fpu);
> +	kfree(shdr4extnum);
>  #ifdef ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS
>  	kfree(xfpu);
>  #endif

So if it dumps core often enough, the machine runs out of memory and
dies.  I added a cc:stable to my copy of this one.

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  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-06 21:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-06 11:26 [PATCH] FDPIC: Fix memory leak David Howells
2011-07-06 11:26 ` David Howells
2011-07-06 21:16 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2011-07-06 21:16   ` Andrew Morton
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-07-06  3:30 [PATCH] FDPIC: fix " Davidlohr Bueso

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