linux-kernel - [Resend Patch] fs/binfmt

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Date:	Tue, 6 May 2008 12:45:35 +0800
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [Resend Patch] fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix a wrong free


In kmalloc failing path, we shouldn't free pointers in 'info',
because the struct 'info' is uninitilized when kmalloc is called.

And when kmalloc returns NULL, it's needless to kfree it.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <wangcong@...ux.org>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>

--
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index f6d5a9d..357b503 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ static int elf_core_dump(long signr, struct pt_regs *regs, struct file *file, un
 	/* alloc memory for large data structures: too large to be on stack */
 	elf = kmalloc(sizeof(*elf), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!elf)
-		goto cleanup;
+		goto out;
 	
 	segs = current->mm->map_count;
 #ifdef ELF_CORE_EXTRA_PHDRS
@@ -2034,8 +2034,9 @@ end_coredump:
 	set_fs(fs);
 
 cleanup:
-	kfree(elf);
 	free_note_info(&info);
+	kfree(elf);
+out:
 	return has_dumped;
 }
 
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