linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak when symlink decryption fails

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:16:46 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
To:     tytso@....edu
Cc:     adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        jaegeuk@...nel.org, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak when symlink decryption fails

This bug was introduced in v4.8-rc1.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 fs/ext4/symlink.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/symlink.c b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
index 4d83d9e..04a7850 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
@@ -65,13 +65,12 @@ static const char *ext4_encrypted_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
 	res = fscrypt_fname_alloc_buffer(inode, cstr.len, &pstr);
 	if (res)
 		goto errout;
+	paddr = pstr.name;
 
 	res = fscrypt_fname_disk_to_usr(inode, 0, 0, &cstr, &pstr);
 	if (res < 0)
 		goto errout;
 
-	paddr = pstr.name;
-
 	/* Null-terminate the name */
 	if (res <= pstr.len)
 		paddr[res] = '\0';
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020

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