Simplify error path for failures where "inode" needs to be freed. Cc: "Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-hardening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/pstore/inode.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c index 0d89e0014b6f..20a88e34ea7c 100644 --- a/fs/pstore/inode.c +++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ int pstore_put_backend_records(struct pstore_info *psi) int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record) { struct dentry *dentry; - struct inode *inode; + struct inode *inode __free(iput) = NULL; int rc = 0; char name[PSTORE_NAMELEN]; struct pstore_private *private, *pos; @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record) private = kzalloc(sizeof(*private), GFP_KERNEL); if (!private) - goto fail_inode; + return -ENOMEM; dentry = d_alloc_name(root, name); if (!dentry) @@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record) inode_set_mtime_to_ts(inode, inode_set_ctime_to_ts(inode, record->time)); - d_add(dentry, inode); + d_add(dentry, no_free_ptr(inode)); list_add(&private->list, &records_list); @@ -392,8 +392,6 @@ int pstore_mkfile(struct dentry *root, struct pstore_record *record) fail_private: free_pstore_private(private); -fail_inode: - iput(inode); return rc; } -- 2.34.1