[patch 1/1] audit_send_reply(): fix error-path memory leak
Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10663
Reporter: Daniel Marjamki <danielm77@spray.se>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index b7d3709..e8692a5 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -572,16 +572,17 @@
skb = audit_make_reply(pid, seq, type, done, multi, payload, size);
if (!skb)
- return;
+ goto out;
reply->pid = pid;
reply->skb = skb;
tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_reply_thread, reply, "audit_send_reply");
- if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
- kfree(reply);
- kfree_skb(skb);
- }
+ if (!IS_ERR(tsk))
+ return;
+ kfree_skb(skb);
+out:
+ kfree(reply);
}
/*