linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ecryptfs: Fix refcnt leak on ecryptfs_follow

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:32:13 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@...onical.com>,
	ecryptfs-devel@...ts.launchpad.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ecryptfs: Fix refcnt leak on ecryptfs_follow_link() error path

Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 03:36:14AM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
>> 
>> If ->follow_link handler return the error, it should decrement
>> nd->path refcnt. But, ecryptfs_follow_link() doesn't decrement.
>> 
>> This patch fix it by using usual nd_set_link() style error handling,
>> instead of playing with nd->path.
>
> Applied.

Sigh, sorry. I introduced new bug by this patch. Please apply this too.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>


[PATCH] ecryptfs: Fix memory leak of buf in ecryptfs_follow_link()

Fix memory leak of buf in ecryptfs_follow_link() in recent my change.

Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
---

 fs/ecryptfs/inode.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/ecryptfs/inode.c~namei-ecryptfs-follow_link-fix-fix fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
--- linux-2.6/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c~namei-ecryptfs-follow_link-fix-fix	2010-01-14 05:33:49.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-hirofumi/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c	2010-01-14 05:34:30.000000000 +0900
@@ -722,9 +722,10 @@ static void *ecryptfs_follow_link(struct
 	set_fs(get_ds());
 	rc = dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink(dentry, (char __user *)buf, len);
 	set_fs(old_fs);
-	if (rc < 0)
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		kfree(buf);
 		buf = ERR_PTR(rc);
-	else
+	} else
 		buf[rc] = '\0';
 out:
 	nd_set_link(nd, buf);
_
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