Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] reiserfs: Add missing calls to reiserfs_security_free()

From: Mimi Zohar
Date: Wed Nov 16 2022 - 16:06:06 EST


On Thu, 2022-11-10 at 10:46 +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Commit 57fe60df6241 ("reiserfs: add atomic addition of selinux attributes
> during inode creation") defined reiserfs_security_free() to free the name
> and value of a security xattr allocated by the active LSM through
> security_old_inode_init_security(). However, this function is not called
> in the reiserfs code.
>
> Thus, add a call to reiserfs_security_free() whenever
> reiserfs_security_init() is called, and initialize value to NULL, to avoid
> to call kfree() on an uninitialized pointer.
>
> Finally, remove the kfree() for the xattr name, as it is not allocated
> anymore.
>
> Fixes: 57fe60df6241 ("reiserfs: add atomic addition of selinux attributes during inode creation")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>