linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] kernfs: fix memory leak of kernfs_iattrs in __kernfs_new

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Message-ID: <aTX/fKHEBSO4AsSS@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 15:28:12 -0700
From: Will Rosenberg <whrosenb@....edu>
To: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
Cc: Oliver Rosenberg <olrose55@...il.com>,
	GregKroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
	Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] kernfs: fix memory leak of kernfs_iattrs in
 __kernfs_new_node

On Sun, Dec 07, 2025 at 04:45:05PM -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> I haven't seen any feedback that this has been merged, or is in the
> queue to be merged, so do you want to rebase against v6.18 or
> v6.19-rc1 (when available) and resend, this time CC'ing the LSM list?
> A rebase may not be necessary, but if you're going to resend, you
> should verify it merges cleanly.
> 
> Since it is related to the kernfs LSM hooks, I don't have a problem
> merging this via the LSM tree once the latest patch has had a quick
> re-review.
> 
> -- 
> paul-moore.com

Thanks for checking in. I received an automated message from Greg,
notifying me that the patch had been accepted into driver-core-next.
I just checked, and it has now been merged into master as part of the
v6.19-rc1 release window.

Best,
Will Rosenberg