linux-kernel - [PATCH] btrfs: Mem leak in btrfs_get

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Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2011 22:45:21 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] btrfs: Mem leak in btrfs_get_acl()


It seems to me that we leak the memory allocated to 'value' in 
btrfs_get_acl() if the call to posix_acl_from_xattr() fails.
Here's a patch that attempts to correct that problem.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 acl.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

  compile tested only.

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 2222d16..6d1410e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ static struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
 		size = __btrfs_getxattr(inode, name, value, size);
 		if (size > 0) {
 			acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(value, size);
-			if (IS_ERR(acl))
+			if (IS_ERR(acl)) {
+				kfree(value);
 				return acl;
+			}
 			set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl);
 		}
 		kfree(value);


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