We kmalloc auxbuf but fail to kfree it if we get errors in various places. Rework the error paths to avoid the resource leak. Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cachefiles/xattr.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c index 34c88b8..f929ab6 100644 --- a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c +++ b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c @@ -176,20 +176,28 @@ int cachefiles_check_auxdata(struct cachefiles_object *object) auxbuf->len = vfs_getxattr(dentry, cachefiles_xattr_cache, &auxbuf->type, 512 + 1); - if (auxbuf->len < 1) - return -ESTALE; + if (auxbuf->len < 1) { + ret = -ESTALE; + goto error; + } - if (auxbuf->type != object->fscache.cookie->def->type) - return -ESTALE; + if (auxbuf->type != object->fscache.cookie->def->type) { + ret = -ESTALE; + goto error; + } dlen = auxbuf->len - 1; ret = fscache_check_aux(&object->fscache, &auxbuf->data, dlen); - kfree(auxbuf); - if (ret != FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OKAY) - return -ESTALE; + if (ret != FSCACHE_CHECKAUX_OKAY) { + ret = -ESTALE; + goto error; + } - return 0; + ret = 0; +error: + kfree(auxbuf); + return ret; } /* -- 1.8.3.1 -- Linux-cachefs mailing list Linux-cachefs@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cachefs