linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 1/3] elf: fix one check-after-use

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Date:	Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:13:38 +1000 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Patch 1/3] elf: fix one check-after-use

On Wed, 1 Jul 2009, Amerigo Wang wrote:

> 
> Check before use it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>

Probably needs to go into Linus' tree and stable.


Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>

> 
> ---
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/binfmt_elf.c
> @@ -1522,11 +1522,11 @@ static int fill_note_info(struct elfhdr 
>  	info->thread = NULL;
>  
>  	psinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*psinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	fill_note(&info->psinfo, "CORE", NT_PRPSINFO, sizeof(*psinfo), psinfo);
> -
>  	if (psinfo == NULL)
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	fill_note(&info->psinfo, "CORE", NT_PRPSINFO, sizeof(*psinfo), psinfo);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Figure out how many notes we're going to need for each thread.
>  	 */
> 

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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