linux-kernel - [Patch 5/9] fs/binfmt_em86.c: fix resource leaks

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Date:	Thu,  8 May 2008 21:52:30 +0800
From:	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	WANG Cong <wangcong@...ux.org>
Subject: [Patch 5/9] fs/binfmt_em86.c: fix resource leaks

 ->load_binary()'s caller only frees resources which ->load_binary() applied
when it succeeded, so ->load_binary() itself should free the resources on
failure.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <wangcong@...ux.org>

---
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_em86.c b/fs/binfmt_em86.c
index f9c88d0..caa8466 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_em86.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_em86.c
@@ -69,11 +69,13 @@ static int load_em86(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 	bprm->argc++;
 	if (i_arg) {
 		retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &i_arg, bprm);
-		if (retval < 0) return retval; 
+		if (retval < 0)
+			goto out;
 		bprm->argc++;
 	}
 	retval = copy_strings_kernel(1, &i_name, bprm);
-	if (retval < 0)	return retval;
+	if (retval < 0)
+		goto out;
 	bprm->argc++;
 
 	/*
@@ -82,16 +84,27 @@ static int load_em86(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 * space, and we don't need to copy it.
 	 */
 	file = open_exec(interp);
-	if (IS_ERR(file))
-		return PTR_ERR(file);
+	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(file);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	bprm->file = file;
 
 	retval = prepare_binprm(bprm);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		return retval;
+	if (retval < 0) {
+		if (bprm->file) {
+			allow_write_access(bprm->file);
+			fput(bprm->file);
+		}
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	return search_binary_handler(bprm, regs);
+
+out:
+	free_arg_pages(bprm);
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static struct linux_binfmt em86_format = {
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