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Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:44:12 -0800 From: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com> To: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Fix for binary_sysctl() memory leak binary_sysctl() calls sysctl_getname() which allocates from names_cache slab usin __getname() The matching function to free the name is __putname(), and not putname() which should be used only to match getname() allocations. Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com> --- kernel/sysctl_binary.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c index e8bffbe..2ce1b30 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c @@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ static ssize_t binary_sysctl(const int *name, int nlen, fput(file); out_putname: - putname(pathname); + __putname(pathname); out: return result; } -- 1.7.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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