4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
commit eef19816ada3abd56d9f20c88794cc2fea83ebb2 upstream.
Allocate the buffer after we return early.
Otherwise memory is being leaked.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 1e51764a3c2a ("UBIFS: add new flash file system")
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ubifs/lprops.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
@@ -1091,10 +1091,6 @@ static int scan_check_cb(struct ubifs_in
}
}
- buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
- if (!buf)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
/*
* After an unclean unmount, empty and freeable LEBs
* may contain garbage - do not scan them.
@@ -1113,6 +1109,10 @@ static int scan_check_cb(struct ubifs_in
return LPT_SCAN_CONTINUE;
}
+ buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+ if (!buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
sleb = ubifs_scan(c, lnum, 0, buf, 0);
if (IS_ERR(sleb)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(sleb);
