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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: "linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org"
	<linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org>,
	chandan.vn@samsung.com,
	"gregkh@linuxfoundation.org" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"bfields@fieldses.org" <bfields@fieldses.org>,
	"jlayton@kernel.org" <jlayton@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	CPGS <cpgs@samsung.com>,
	Sireesha Talluri <sireesha.t@samsung.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Smack: Fix memory leak in smack_inode_getsecctx
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 14:27:04 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180604212704.GC1351649@devbig577.frc2.facebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b6cc4bd5-8d79-bbc2-373f-ea0bf0806884@schaufler-ca.com>

On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 02:01:34PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> On 6/1/2018 10:45 AM, Casey Schaufler wrote:
> > Fix memory leak in smack_inode_getsecctx
> >
> > The implementation of smack_inode_getsecctx() made
> > incorrect assumptions about how Smack presents a security
> > context. Smack does not need to allocate memory to support
> > security contexts, so "releasing" a Smack context is a no-op.
> > The code made an unnecessary copy and returned that as a
> > context, which was never freed. The revised implementation
> > returns the context correctly.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
> 
> Tejun, does this pass your tests?

Oh, I'm not the one who reported.  Chandan?

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2018-06-04 21:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CGME20180531092848epcas1p24b638ccd6da00f1e039bdb64de7e1a5b@epcas1p2.samsung.com>
2018-05-31  9:28 ` [PATCH 1/1] Fix memory leak in kernfs_security_xattr_set and kernfs_security_xattr_set CHANDAN VN
2018-05-31 15:26   ` Casey Schaufler
2018-05-31 20:57     ` Eric W. Biederman
2018-05-31 21:08       ` Casey Schaufler
2018-05-31 15:39   ` Tejun Heo
2018-05-31 16:04     ` Casey Schaufler
2018-05-31 16:11       ` Tejun Heo
2018-05-31 16:22         ` Casey Schaufler
2018-06-01  8:56           ` CHANDAN VN
2018-06-01 16:22             ` Casey Schaufler
2018-06-01 16:29               ` CHANDAN VN
2018-06-01 16:41                 ` Casey Schaufler
2018-06-01 17:45                   ` [PATCH] Smack: Fix memory leak in smack_inode_getsecctx Casey Schaufler
2018-06-04 21:01                     ` Casey Schaufler
2018-06-04 21:27                       ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2018-06-05  7:04                         ` CHANDAN VN

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