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authorTetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>2011-02-07 13:36:16 +0000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-02-07 14:04:00 -0800
commitfb2b2a1d37f80cc818fd4487b510f4e11816e5e1 (patch)
tree00a16a9440fb1d522160a404c97ed327f77a92a1 /kernel/groups.c
parent2edeaa34a6e3f2c43b667f6c4f7b27944b811695 (diff)
CRED: Fix memory and refcount leaks upon security_prepare_creds() failure
In prepare_kernel_cred() since 2.6.29, put_cred(new) is called without assigning new->usage when security_prepare_creds() returned an error. As a result, memory for new and refcount for new->{user,group_info,tgcred} are leaked because put_cred(new) won't call __put_cred() unless old->usage == 1. Fix these leaks by assigning new->usage (and new->subscribers which was added in 2.6.32) before calling security_prepare_creds(). Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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