[merged] 9p-fix-a-potential-acl-leak.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: 9p: fix a potential acl leak
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     9p-fix-a-potential-acl-leak.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

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From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 9p: fix a potential acl leak

posix_acl_update_mode() could possibly clear 'acl', if so we leak the
memory pointed by 'acl'.  Save this pointer before calling
posix_acl_update_mode() and release the memory if 'acl' really gets
cleared.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1486678332-2430-1-git-send-email-xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kurz <groug@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ron Minnich <rminnich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/9p/acl.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff -puN fs/9p/acl.c~9p-fix-a-potential-acl-leak fs/9p/acl.c
--- a/fs/9p/acl.c~9p-fix-a-potential-acl-leak
+++ a/fs/9p/acl.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(const stru
 	case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS:
 		if (acl) {
 			struct iattr iattr;
+			struct posix_acl *old_acl = acl;
 
 			retval = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &iattr.ia_mode, &acl);
 			if (retval)
@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(const stru
 				 * by the mode bits. So don't
 				 * update ACL.
 				 */
+				posix_acl_release(old_acl);
 				value = NULL;
 				size = 0;
 			}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx are


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