linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] lkdtm: fix memory leak of val

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Date:	Tue,  5 Apr 2016 22:41:05 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] lkdtm: fix memory leak of val

This case is supposed to read from a page after after it is freed, but
it missed freeing val if we are not able to get a free page.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
---
 drivers/misc/lkdtm.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
index 5f1a36b..2f0b022 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/lkdtm.c
@@ -498,12 +498,13 @@ static void lkdtm_do_action(enum ctype which)
 	}
 	case CT_READ_BUDDY_AFTER_FREE: {
 		unsigned long p = __get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-		int saw, *val = kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL);
+		int saw, *val;
 		int *base;
 
 		if (!p)
 			break;
 
+		val = kmalloc(1024, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!val)
 			break;
 
-- 
1.9.1