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* Re: [Ocfs2-devel] freeing memory allocated in security_inode_init_security()
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@ 2011-05-04 20:57 ` Mimi Zohar
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From: Mimi Zohar @ 2011-05-04 20:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
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On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 15:18 -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Although it isn't documented in security.c, the LSM
> security_inode_init_security() hook allocates memory for xattr name and
> value, expecting the caller to release the memory afterwards.
> 
> I'm making my way through the different filesystems adding a subsequent
> call to evm_inode_post_init_security().  I see the call to
> ocfs2_init_security_and_acl() calls ocfs2_init_security_get(), which in
> turn calls security_inode_init_security(), but am having a hard time
> finding where the name and value are subsequently freed.  Would
> appreciate if someone could point it out.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Mimi

Although the reiserfs_security_init() comment explicitly states that the
caller must call reiserfs_security_free(), I don't see it being done.

Mimi


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