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    capabilities: fix potential memleak on error path from vfs_getxattr_alloc() · 8cf0a1bc
    Gaosheng Cui authored
    In cap_inode_getsecurity(), we will use vfs_getxattr_alloc() to
    complete the memory allocation of tmpbuf, if we have completed
    the memory allocation of tmpbuf, but failed to call handler->get(...),
    there will be a memleak in below logic:
    
      |-- ret = (int)vfs_getxattr_alloc(mnt_userns, ...)
        |           /* ^^^ alloc for tmpbuf */
        |-- value = krealloc(*xattr_value, error + 1, flags)
        |           /* ^^^ alloc memory */
        |-- error = handler->get(handler, ...)
        |           /* error! */
        |-- *xattr_value = value
        |           /* xattr_value is &tmpbuf (memory leak!) */
    
    So we will try to free(tmpbuf) after vfs_getxattr_alloc() fails to fix it.
    
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Fixes: 8db6c34f ("Introduce v3 namespaced file capabilities")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@huawei.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarSerge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com>
    [PM: subject line and backtrace tweaks]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
    8cf0a1bc
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