linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v2] evm: Fix memleak in init

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:16:30 -0500
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>, kjlu@....edu
Cc:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...ia.com>,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] evm: Fix memleak in init_desc

Hi Dinghao,

On Sun, 2021-01-10 at 16:02 +0800, Dinghao Liu wrote:
> When kmalloc() fails, tmp_tfm allocated by
> crypto_alloc_shash() has not been freed, which
> leads to memleak.
> 
> Fixes: d46eb3699502b ("evm: crypto hash replaced by shash")
> Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>

This patch is now queued, with an updated patch description, in next-
integrity-testing.

thanks,

Mimi