memleak in 802.1q vlan proc code

From: Oleg Drokin (green@linuxhacker.ru)
Date: Sun Mar 09 2003 - 16:21:52 EST


Hello!

   There is a memleak on error exit path, identical in 2.4 and 2.5.
   Same patch should apply to 2.4 and 2.5.

   Found with help of smatch + enhanced unfree script.

Bye,
    Oleg
===== net/8021q/vlanproc.c 1.6 vs edited =====
--- 1.6/net/8021q/vlanproc.c Sat Aug 10 06:36:57 2002
+++ edited/net/8021q/vlanproc.c Mon Mar 10 00:17:23 2003
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@
         offs = file->f_pos;
         if (offs < pos) {
                 len = min_t(int, pos - offs, count);
- if (copy_to_user(buf, (page + offs), len))
+ if (copy_to_user(buf, (page + offs), len)) {
+ kfree(page);
                         return -EFAULT;
+ }
 
                 file->f_pos += len;
         } else {
-
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