[ 134/136 ] kernel/audit_tree.c: tree will leak memory when failure occurs inaudit_trim_trees()

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri May 17 2013 - 23:20:52 EST


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

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From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 12b2f117f3bf738c1a00a6f64393f1953a740bd4 ]

audit_trim_trees() calls get_tree(). If a failure occurs we must call
put_tree().

[akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: run put_tree() before mutex_lock() for small scalability improvement]
Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/audit_tree.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index ed206fd..23b8c66 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -609,9 +609,9 @@ void audit_trim_trees(void)
}
spin_unlock(&hash_lock);
trim_marked(tree);
- put_tree(tree);
drop_collected_mounts(root_mnt);
skip_it:
+ put_tree(tree);
mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
}
list_del(&cursor);
--
1.7.10.4


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