[PATCH] modpost: Stop grab_file() from leaking filedescriptors iffstat() fails

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Sun Apr 22 2012 - 14:40:49 EST


In case the open() call succeeds but the subsequent fstat() call
fails, then we'll return without close()'ing the filedescriptor.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/mod/modpost.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index c4e7d15..ea0eaca 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -337,17 +337,20 @@ static void sym_update_crc(const char *name, struct module *mod,
void *grab_file(const char *filename, unsigned long *size)
{
struct stat st;
- void *map;
+ void *map = MAP_FAILED;
int fd;

fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
- if (fd < 0 || fstat(fd, &st) != 0)
+ if (fd < 0)
return NULL;
+ if (fstat(fd, &st))
+ goto failed;

*size = st.st_size;
map = mmap(NULL, *size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
- close(fd);

+failed:
+ close(fd);
if (map == MAP_FAILED)
return NULL;
return map;
--
1.7.10


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