The patch titled
elf: fix one check-after-use
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elf-fix-one-check-after-use.patch
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Subject: elf: fix one check-after-use
From: Amerigo Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Move the check for failed kmalloc() to the correct place.
Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/binfmt_elf.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/binfmt_elf.c~elf-fix-one-check-after-use fs/binfmt_elf.c
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c~elf-fix-one-check-after-use
+++ a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1522,11 +1522,11 @@ static int fill_note_info(struct elfhdr
info->thread = NULL;
psinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*psinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
- fill_note(&info->psinfo, "CORE", NT_PRPSINFO, sizeof(*psinfo), psinfo);
-
if (psinfo == NULL)
return 0;
+ fill_note(&info->psinfo, "CORE", NT_PRPSINFO, sizeof(*psinfo), psinfo);
+
/*
* Figure out how many notes we're going to need for each thread.
*/
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from amwang@xxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
elf-fix-one-check-after-use.patch
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