* + fs-binfmt_elf_fdpicc-fix-memory-leak.patch added to -mm tree
@ 2011-07-06 21:16 akpm
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From: akpm @ 2011-07-06 21:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mm-commits; +Cc: dave, dhowells, stable
The patch titled
fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c: fix memory leak
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
fs-binfmt_elf_fdpicc-fix-memory-leak.patch
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Subject: fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c: fix memory leak
From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
The shdr4extnum variable isn't being freed in the cleanup process of
elf_fdpic_core_dump().
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c~fs-binfmt_elf_fdpicc-fix-memory-leak fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c~fs-binfmt_elf_fdpicc-fix-memory-leak
+++ a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -1863,6 +1863,7 @@ cleanup:
kfree(psinfo);
kfree(notes);
kfree(fpu);
+ kfree(shdr4extnum);
#ifdef ELF_CORE_COPY_XFPREGS
kfree(xfpu);
#endif
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@gnu.org are
fs-binfmt_elf_fdpicc-fix-memory-leak.patch
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