[PATCH 4.18 157/235] security: check for kstrdup() failure in lsm_append()

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4.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 87ea58433208d17295e200d56be5e2a4fe4ce7d6 ]

lsm_append() should return -ENOMEM if memory allocation failed.

Fixes: d69dece5f5b6 ("LSM: Add /sys/kernel/security/lsm")
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.morris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 security/security.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/security/security.c
+++ b/security/security.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static int lsm_append(char *new, char **
 
 	if (*result == NULL) {
 		*result = kstrdup(new, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (*result == NULL)
+			return -ENOMEM;
 	} else {
 		/* Check if it is the last registered name */
 		if (match_last_lsm(*result, new))





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