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From: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
To: "Geyslan G. Bem" <geyslan@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selinux: fix possible memory leak
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:02:59 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <15945270.AQEhGkaEur@sifl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1385293021-2767-1-git-send-email-geyslan@gmail.com>

On Sunday, November 24, 2013 08:37:01 AM Geyslan G. Bem wrote:
> Free 'ctx_str' when necessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Geyslan G. Bem <geyslan@gmail.com>
> ---
>  security/selinux/xfrm.c | 11 +++++++----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Nice catch, applied.

> diff --git a/security/selinux/xfrm.c b/security/selinux/xfrm.c
> index a91d205..cf79a45 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/xfrm.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/xfrm.c
> @@ -327,19 +327,22 @@ int selinux_xfrm_state_alloc_acquire(struct xfrm_state
> *x, return rc;
> 
>  	ctx = kmalloc(sizeof(*ctx) + str_len, GFP_ATOMIC);
> -	if (!ctx)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> +	if (!ctx) {
> +		rc = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> 
>  	ctx->ctx_doi = XFRM_SC_DOI_LSM;
>  	ctx->ctx_alg = XFRM_SC_ALG_SELINUX;
>  	ctx->ctx_sid = secid;
>  	ctx->ctx_len = str_len;
>  	memcpy(ctx->ctx_str, ctx_str, str_len);
> -	kfree(ctx_str);
> 
>  	x->security = ctx;
>  	atomic_inc(&selinux_xfrm_refcount);
> -	return 0;
> +out:
> +	kfree(ctx_str);
> +	return rc;
>  }
> 
>  /*

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com


      reply	other threads:[~2013-11-25 22:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-24 11:37 [PATCH] selinux: fix possible memory leak Geyslan G. Bem
2013-11-25 22:02 ` Paul Moore [this message]

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