From: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 04:54:21 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Avoid 'names_cache' memory leak with CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23;p=GitHub%2Fmoto-9609%2Fandroid_kernel_motorola_exynos9610.git Avoid 'names_cache' memory leak with CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL The nameidata "last.name" is always allocated with "__getname()", and should always be free'd with "__putname()". Using "putname()" without the underscores will leak memory, because the allocation will have been hidden from the AUDITSYSCALL code. Arguably the real bug is that the AUDITSYSCALL code is really broken, but in the meantime this fixes the problem people see. Reported by Robert Derr, patch by Rick Lindsley. Acked-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 043d587216b5..aa62dbda93ac 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1551,19 +1551,19 @@ do_link: if (nd->last_type != LAST_NORM) goto exit; if (nd->last.name[nd->last.len]) { - putname(nd->last.name); + __putname(nd->last.name); goto exit; } error = -ELOOP; if (count++==32) { - putname(nd->last.name); + __putname(nd->last.name); goto exit; } dir = nd->dentry; down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem); path.dentry = __lookup_hash(&nd->last, nd->dentry, nd); path.mnt = nd->mnt; - putname(nd->last.name); + __putname(nd->last.name); goto do_last; }