linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] selinux: fix double free

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Message-ID: <CAEjxPJ6O3HZ_xdGDvuvYiUNqiPxqvo37V7d5ckLpDM=qF426tw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:06:50 -0400
From:   Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>
To:     trix@...hat.com
Cc:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>,
        Jeffrey Vander Stoep <jeffv@...gle.com>, rgb@...hat.com,
        SElinux list <selinux@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] selinux: fix double free

On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 5:57 PM <trix@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> From: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
>
> Clang's static analysis tool reports these double free memory errors.
>
> security/selinux/ss/services.c:2987:4: warning: Attempt to free released memory [unix.Malloc]
>                         kfree(bnames[i]);
>                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> security/selinux/ss/services.c:2990:2: warning: Attempt to free released memory [unix.Malloc]
>         kfree(bvalues);
>         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> So improve the security_get_bools error handling by freeing these variables
> and setting their return pointers to NULL and the return len to 0
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>