linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] cifsd: fix memory leak when loop ends

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Date:   Thu, 1 Apr 2021 17:17:13 +0900
From:   "Namjae Jeon" <namjae.jeon@...sung.com>
To:     "'Muhammad Usama Anjum'" <musamaanjum@...il.com>,
        "'Sergey Senozhatsky'" <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        "'Steve French'" <sfrench@...ba.org>,
        "'Hyunchul Lee'" <hyc.lee@...il.com>,
        "'open list:COMMON INTERNET FILE SYSTEM SERVER \(CIFSD\)'" 
        <linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "'open list:COMMON INTERNET FILE SYSTEM SERVER \(CIFSD\)'" 
        <linux-cifsd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        "'open list'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>, <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] cifsd: fix memory leak when loop ends

> 
> Memory is being allocated and if veto_list is zero, the loop breaks without cleaning up the allocated
> memory. In this patch, the length check has been moved before allocation. If loop breaks, the memory
> isn't allocated in the first place. Thus the memory is being protected from leaking.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <musamaanjum@...il.com>
I will apply. Thanks for your patch!