linux-kernel - [PATCH] lib: fix a memory leak risk

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:25:28 +0800
From:	Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH] lib: fix a memory leak risk

The netlink_kernel_create failed will arouse memory leak,
this patch is to add the 'kfree(ue_sk)' here.

Signed-off-by: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@...il.com>

---
 lib/kobject_uevent.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 59c1551..08e15f7 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ static int uevent_net_init(struct net *net)
 	if (!ue_sk->sk) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "kobject_uevent: unable to create netlink socket!\n");
+		kfree(ue_sk);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&uevent_sock_mutex);
-- 
1.6.3.3
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/