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From: Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com>
To: Vit Mojzis <vmojzis@redhat.com>, selinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] libsepol: Fix memory leak in role_dominates_copy_callback
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:32:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87qznxsxij.fsf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260428213444.907701-1-vmojzis@redhat.com>

Vit Mojzis <vmojzis@redhat.com> writes:

> Free memory allocated by map_ebitmap in case ebitmap_union fails.
>
> Fixes:
>   Defect type: RESOURCE_LEAK
>   libsepol-3.10/src/expand.c:828:2: alloc_arg: "map_ebitmap" allocates memory that is stored into "mapped.node".
>   libsepol-3.10/src/expand.c:68:3: alloc_arg: "ebitmap_set_bit" allocates memory that is stored into "dst->node".
>   libsepol-3.10/src/ebitmap.c:420:2: alloc_fn: Storage is returned from allocation function "malloc".
>   libsepol-3.10/src/ebitmap.c:420:2: assign: Assigning: "new" = "(ebitmap_node_t *)malloc(24UL)".
>   libsepol-3.10/src/ebitmap.c:437:3: assign: Assigning: "e->node" = "new".
>   libsepol-3.10/src/expand.c:831:3: leaked_storage: Variable "mapped" going out of scope leaks the storage "mapped.node" points to.
>   \#   829|   		return -1;
>   \#   830|   	if (ebitmap_union(&new_role->dominates, &mapped))
>   \#   831|-> 		return -1;
>   \#   832|   	ebitmap_destroy(&mapped);
>   \#   833|
>
> Signed-off-by: Vit Mojzis <vmojzis@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Petr Lautrbach <lautrbach@redhat.com>

> ---
> No changes, only added "Signed-off-by".
>
>  libsepol/src/expand.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/libsepol/src/expand.c b/libsepol/src/expand.c
> index 5b2b7b03..c7978948 100644
> --- a/libsepol/src/expand.c
> +++ b/libsepol/src/expand.c
> @@ -827,8 +827,10 @@ static int role_dominates_copy_callback(hashtab_key_t key __attribute__ ((unused
>  
>  	if (map_ebitmap(&role->dominates, &mapped, state->rolemap))
>  		return -1;
> -	if (ebitmap_union(&new_role->dominates, &mapped))
> +	if (ebitmap_union(&new_role->dominates, &mapped)) {
> +		ebitmap_destroy(&mapped);
>  		return -1;
> +	}
>  	ebitmap_destroy(&mapped);
>  
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-29 13:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-17 21:11 [PATCH] libsepol: Fix memory leak in role_dominates_copy_callback Vit Mojzis
2026-04-28  5:33 ` Petr Lautrbach
2026-04-28 21:34   ` [PATCH v2] " Vit Mojzis
2026-04-29 13:32     ` Petr Lautrbach [this message]
2026-05-12 18:05       ` James Carter

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