linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] security/selinux: fix potential memleak in error branch

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Date:   Fri, 10 Dec 2021 04:03:58 -0800
From:   Bernard Zhao <bernard@...o.com>
To:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Bernard Zhao <bernard@...o.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] security/selinux: fix potential memleak in error branch

This patch try to fix potential memleak in error branch.

Signed-off-by: Bernard Zhao <bernard@...o.com>

Changes since V1:
*make it to be simpler to do the "(!s)" check before the "(!opts)" check.

Changes since v2:
*add *mnt_opts = NULL after kfree(opt) to avoid double free risk.
---
 security/selinux/hooks.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 62d30c0a30c2..0d018f054dfb 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -983,18 +983,22 @@ static int selinux_sb_clone_mnt_opts(const struct super_block *oldsb,
 static int selinux_add_opt(int token, const char *s, void **mnt_opts)
 {
 	struct selinux_mnt_opts *opts = *mnt_opts;
+	bool is_alloc_opts = false;
 
 	if (token == Opt_seclabel)	/* eaten and completely ignored */
 		return 0;
 
+	if (!s)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	if (!opts) {
 		opts = kzalloc(sizeof(struct selinux_mnt_opts), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!opts)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		*mnt_opts = opts;
+		is_alloc_opts = true;
 	}
-	if (!s)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	switch (token) {
 	case Opt_context:
 		if (opts->context || opts->defcontext)
@@ -1019,6 +1023,10 @@ static int selinux_add_opt(int token, const char *s, void **mnt_opts)
 	}
 	return 0;
 Einval:
+	if (is_alloc_opts) {
+		kfree(opts);
+		*mnt_opts = NULL;
+	}
 	pr_warn(SEL_MOUNT_FAIL_MSG);
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
-- 
2.33.1