linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: Fix rwsem leak in crypto

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Message-ID: <20111101221600.GB4519@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:16:01 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: Fix rwsem leak in crypto_user

On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 04:08:37PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> The list_empty case in crypto_alg_match() will return without calling
> up_read() on crypto_alg_sem.  We could do the "goto out" routine, but the
> function will clearly do the right thing with that test simply removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>

Patch applied.  Thanks a lot Jon!
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