Re: [PATCH 0/1] VFS: memory leak in do_kern_mount()

From: Gerald Schaefer
Date: Fri Jun 17 2005 - 10:48:51 EST


On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 15:17 +0200, Gerald Schaefer wrote:
> [PATCH 0/1] VFS: memory leak in do_kern_mount()
> There is a memory leak during mount when CONFIG_SECURITY is enabled and mount
> options are specified.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gerald Schaefer <geraldsc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> diff -pruN linux-2.6-git/fs/super.c linux-2.6-git_xxx/fs/super.c
> --- linux-2.6-git/fs/super.c 2005-06-16 20:00:26.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6-git_xxx/fs/super.c 2005-06-17 14:18:06.000000000 +0200
> @@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int fl
> mnt->mnt_parent = mnt;
> mnt->mnt_namespace = current->namespace;
> up_write(&sb->s_umount);
> + free_secdata(secdata);
> put_filesystem(type);
> return mnt;
> out_sb:

Sorry, there was a whitespace accident and the above patch would not apply.
Here is the fixed version:

diff -pruN linux-2.6-git/fs/super.c linux-2.6-git_xxx/fs/super.c
--- linux-2.6-git/fs/super.c 2005-06-16 20:00:26.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6-git_xxx/fs/super.c 2005-06-17 14:18:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -835,6 +835,7 @@ do_kern_mount(const char *fstype, int fl
mnt->mnt_parent = mnt;
mnt->mnt_namespace = current->namespace;
up_write(&sb->s_umount);
+ free_secdata(secdata);
put_filesystem(type);
return mnt;
out_sb:


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