linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/46] selinux: One function call less in genfs

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:54:29 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
        William Roberts <william.c.roberts@...el.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/46] selinux: One function call less in genfs_read()
 after null pointer detection

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 10:14 AM, SF Markus Elfring
<elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 17:43:47 +0100
>
> Call the function "kfree" at the end only after it was determined
> that the local variable "newgenfs" contained a non-null pointer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Merged, thanks.

> diff --git a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> index a12d9166f0e4..5dc31faa601f 100644
> --- a/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> +++ b/security/selinux/ss/policydb.c
> @@ -2096,9 +2096,10 @@ static int genfs_read(struct policydb *p, void *fp)
>         }
>         rc = 0;
>  out:
> -       if (newgenfs)
> +       if (newgenfs) {
>                 kfree(newgenfs->fstype);
> -       kfree(newgenfs);
> +               kfree(newgenfs);
> +       }
>         ocontext_destroy(newc, OCON_FSUSE);
>
>         return rc;
> --
> 2.11.0
>



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