2010-12-24 22:55:14

by Jesper Juhl

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Subject: [PATCH] BTRFS: Don't leak memory in btrfs_get_acl()

Hi,

Currrently we leak memory in btrfs_get_acl::btrfs_get_acl() if
posix_acl_from_xattr() fails. With this patch we do not.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>
---
acl.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 2222d16..6d1410e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ static struct posix_acl *btrfs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type)
size = __btrfs_getxattr(inode, name, value, size);
if (size > 0) {
acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(value, size);
- if (IS_ERR(acl))
+ if (IS_ERR(acl)) {
+ kfree(value);
return acl;
+ }
set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl);
}
kfree(value);


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2010-12-25 15:02:46

by Mariusz Kozlowski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] BTRFS: Don't leak memory in btrfs_get_acl()

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:45:21PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currrently we leak memory in btrfs_get_acl::btrfs_get_acl() if
> posix_acl_from_xattr() fails. With this patch we do not.

I sent similar patch some time ago but no reply from Chris so far.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129247984126414

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2010-12-25 17:52:02

by Jesper Juhl

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] BTRFS: Don't leak memory in btrfs_get_acl()

On Sat, 25 Dec 2010, Mariusz Kozlowski wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 11:45:21PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Currrently we leak memory in btrfs_get_acl::btrfs_get_acl() if
> > posix_acl_from_xattr() fails. With this patch we do not.
>
> I sent similar patch some time ago but no reply from Chris so far.
>
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129247984126414
>
I was not aware of that. The patch looks fine (identical to mine), so I
think Chris should just merge yours.

Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jesper Juhl <[email protected]>


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