The patch titled
Subject: kernel/audit_tree.c: tree will leak memory when failure occurs in audit_trim_trees()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kernel-audit_treec-tree-will-leak-memory-when-failure-occurs-in-audit_trim_trees.patch
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From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/audit_tree.c: tree will leak memory when failure occurs in audit_trim_trees()
audit_trim_trees() calls get_tree(). If a failure occurs we must call
put_tree().
Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/audit_tree.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN kernel/audit_tree.c~kernel-audit_treec-tree-will-leak-memory-when-failure-occurs-in-audit_trim_trees kernel/audit_tree.c
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c~kernel-audit_treec-tree-will-leak-memory-when-failure-occurs-in-audit_trim_trees
+++ a/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -617,10 +617,10 @@ void audit_trim_trees(void)
}
spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
trim_marked(tree);
- put_tree(tree);
drop_collected_mounts(root_mnt);
skip_it:
mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
+ put_tree(tree);
}
list_del(&cursor);
mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
kernel-auditfilter-resource-management-tree-and-watch-will-memory-leak-when-failure-occurs.patch
kernel-audit_treec-tree-will-leak-memory-when-failure-occurs-in-audit_trim_trees.patch
kernel-audit_treec-tree-will-leak-memory-when-failure-occurs-in-audit_trim_trees-fix.patch
posix-timers-correctly-get-dying-task-time-sample-in-posix_cpu_timer_schedule.patch
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