From 829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Torvalds Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 21:54:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Avoid 'names_cache' memory leak with CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL The nameidata "last.name" is always allocated with "__getname()", and should always be free'd with "__putname()". Using "putname()" without the underscores will leak memory, because the allocation will have been hidden from the AUDITSYSCALL code. Arguably the real bug is that the AUDITSYSCALL code is really broken, but in the meantime this fixes the problem people see. Reported by Robert Derr, patch by Rick Lindsley. Acked-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/namei.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index 043d587..aa62dbd 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -1551,19 +1551,19 @@ do_link: if (nd->last_type != LAST_NORM) goto exit; if (nd->last.name[nd->last.len]) { - putname(nd->last.name); + __putname(nd->last.name); goto exit; } error = -ELOOP; if (count++==32) { - putname(nd->last.name); + __putname(nd->last.name); goto exit; } dir = nd->dentry; down(&dir->d_inode->i_sem); path.dentry = __lookup_hash(&nd->last, nd->dentry, nd); path.mnt = nd->mnt; - putname(nd->last.name); + __putname(nd->last.name); goto do_last; } -- 2.7.4