The patch titled
uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
uml-drivers-net_userc-memory-leak-fix.patch
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Subject: uml: drivers/net_user.c memory leak fix
From: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@xxxxxxxxx>
Perform memory cleanup on exit. On receiving invalid 'pid' we still
should clean 'output' variable.
Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Ivanov <vitalivanov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/um/drivers/net_user.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN arch/um/drivers/net_user.c~uml-drivers-net_userc-memory-leak-fix arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
--- a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c~uml-drivers-net_userc-memory-leak-fix
+++ a/arch/um/drivers/net_user.c
@@ -228,7 +228,10 @@ static void change(char *dev, char *what
"buffer\n");
pid = change_tramp(argv, output, output_len);
- if (pid < 0) return;
+ if (pid < 0) {
+ kfree(output);
+ return;
+ }
if (output != NULL) {
printk("%s", output);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from vitalivanov@xxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
um-fix-_fortify_source=2-support-for-kernel-modules.patch
uml-drivers-net_userc-memory-leak-fix.patch
gcov-disable-constructors-for-uml.patch
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