linux-kernel - Re: RFC: kernel memory leak fix for af

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:49:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sds@...ho.nsa.gov
Cc:	cxzhang@...son.ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jmorris@...ei.org,
	catalin.marinas@...il.com, michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com,
	czhang.us@...il.com
Subject: Re: RFC: kernel memory leak fix for af_unix datagram getpeersec

From: Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:50:40 -0400

> > diff -puN net/unix/af_unix.c~af_unix-datagram-getpeersec-ml-fix net/unix/af_unix.c
> > --- linux-2.6.18-rc2/net/unix/af_unix.c~af_unix-datagram-getpeersec-ml-fix	2006-07-22 23:01:26.000000000 -0400
> > +++ linux-2.6.18-rc2-cxzhang/net/unix/af_unix.c	2006-07-22 23:14:15.000000000 -0400
> > @@ -1323,8 +1299,9 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct kio
> >  	memcpy(UNIXCREDS(skb), &siocb->scm->creds, sizeof(struct ucred));
> >  	if (siocb->scm->fp)
> >  		unix_attach_fds(siocb->scm, skb);
> > -
> > -	unix_get_peersec_dgram(skb);
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK
> > +	memcpy(UNIXSID(skb), &siocb->scm->sid, sizeof(u32));
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK */
> 
> You want to retain the static inlines, and just update their contents,
> not replace them with embedded #ifdefs.  And this could be a direct
> assignment, right?

This is my feeling too.
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