linux-kernel - [ 85/95] dm ioctl: do not leak argv if target message only contains whitespace

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Message-Id: <20120309190209.139436408@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:03:27 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>,
	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
Subject: [ 85/95] dm ioctl: do not leak argv if target message only contains whitespace

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

commit 902c6a96a7cb9c50d2a8aed1788efad0a5d8f04c upstream.

If 'argc' is zero we jump to the 'out:' label, but this leaks the
(unused) memory that 'dm_split_args()' allocated for 'argv' if the
string being split consisted entirely of whitespace.  Jump to the
'out_argv:' label instead to free up that memory.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ static int target_message(struct dm_ioct
 
 	if (!argc) {
 		DMWARN("Empty message received.");
-		goto out;
+		goto out_argv;
 	}
 
 	table = dm_get_live_table(md);


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