4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 30ce4d1903e1d8a7ccd110860a5eef3c638ed8be upstream. missed it in "kill struct filename.separate" several years ago. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/namei.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -219,9 +219,10 @@ getname_kernel(const char * filename) if (len <= EMBEDDED_NAME_MAX) { result->name = (char *)result->iname; } else if (len <= PATH_MAX) { + const size_t size = offsetof(struct filename, iname[1]); struct filename *tmp; - tmp = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_KERNEL); + tmp = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); if (unlikely(!tmp)) { __putname(result); return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);