From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
To: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>,
Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com>,
Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
apparmor@lists.ubuntu.com, selinux@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] selinux: use k[mz]alloc() to allocate temporary buffers
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 11:18:55 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260520-security-v1-1-831bd8e21dd0@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260520-security-v1-0-831bd8e21dd0@kernel.org>
Several functions in selinuxfs.c allocate temporary buffers using
__get_free_page() or get_zeroed_page().
These buffers are used either to store a string generated by snprintf() (in
sel_make_bools()) or to copy data from user (sel_read_avc_hash_stats() and
sel_read_sidtab_hash_stats()).
Such usage does not require struct page access and it is better to allocate
these buffers with kzalloc()/kmalloc() that provide better scalability and
more debugging possibilities.
Replace use of get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() and usage of
__get_free_page() with kmalloc().
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/635405e4-9423-4a25-a6e7-e03c8ea0bcbe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
security/selinux/selinuxfs.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 25ca7d714014..e7b884eedf80 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ static int sel_make_bools(struct selinux_policy *newpolicy, struct dentry *bool_
char **names, *page;
u32 i, num;
- page = (char *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ page = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!page)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ static int sel_make_bools(struct selinux_policy *newpolicy, struct dentry *bool_
ret = sel_attach_file(bool_dir, names[i], inode);
}
out:
- free_page((unsigned long)page);
+ kfree(page);
return ret;
}
@@ -1349,14 +1349,14 @@ static ssize_t sel_read_avc_hash_stats(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
char *page;
ssize_t length;
- page = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ page = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!page)
return -ENOMEM;
length = avc_get_hash_stats(page);
if (length >= 0)
length = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, page, length);
- free_page((unsigned long)page);
+ kfree(page);
return length;
}
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ static ssize_t sel_read_sidtab_hash_stats(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
char *page;
ssize_t length;
- page = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ page = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!page)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ static ssize_t sel_read_sidtab_hash_stats(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
if (length >= 0)
length = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, page,
length);
- free_page((unsigned long)page);
+ kfree(page);
return length;
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-20 8:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-20 8:18 [PATCH 0/3] security: replace __get_free_pages() call with kmalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-05-20 8:18 ` Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) [this message]
2026-05-20 8:18 ` [PATCH 2/3] selinux: hooks: use __getname() to allocate path buffer Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-05-20 8:18 ` [PATCH 3/3] apparmor: replace get_zeroed_page() with kzalloc() Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
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