Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 03:36:14AM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote: >> >> If ->follow_link handler return the error, it should decrement >> nd->path refcnt. But, ecryptfs_follow_link() doesn't decrement. >> >> This patch fix it by using usual nd_set_link() style error handling, >> instead of playing with nd->path. > > Applied. Sigh, sorry. I introduced new bug by this patch. Please apply this too. -- OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [PATCH] ecryptfs: Fix memory leak of buf in ecryptfs_follow_link() Fix memory leak of buf in ecryptfs_follow_link() in recent my change. Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ecryptfs/inode.c~namei-ecryptfs-follow_link-fix-fix fs/ecryptfs/inode.c --- linux-2.6/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c~namei-ecryptfs-follow_link-fix-fix 2010-01-14 05:33:49.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6-hirofumi/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c 2010-01-14 05:34:30.000000000 +0900 @@ -722,9 +722,10 @@ static void *ecryptfs_follow_link(struct set_fs(get_ds()); rc = dentry->d_inode->i_op->readlink(dentry, (char __user *)buf, len); set_fs(old_fs); - if (rc < 0) + if (rc < 0) { + kfree(buf); buf = ERR_PTR(rc); - else + } else buf[rc] = '\0'; out: nd_set_link(nd, buf); _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html