linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CRED: Fix double free in prepare_usermodehelper

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.00.1004230845580.18002@tundra.namei.org>
Date:	Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:46:27 +1000 (EST)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CRED: Fix double free in prepare_usermodehelper_creds()
 error handling

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010, Andrew Morton wrote:

> >  #ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
> >  	kfree(tgcred);
> 
> Oleg's umh-creds-kill-subprocess_info-cred-logic.patch removes
> prepare_usermodehelper_creds() altogether.  An option would have been
> to promote that into 2.6.34?

FYI, this fix is in Linus' tree, now.

-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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