[PATCH] Smack: Fix memory leak in smack_inode_getsecctx

[CHANDAN VN]

>On 6/5/2018 12:04 AM, CHANDAN VN wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 02:01:34PM -0700, Casey Schaufler wrote:
>>>>  On 6/1/2018 10:45 AM, Casey Schaufler wrote:
>>>>  > Fix memory leak in smack_inode_getsecctx
>>>>  >
>>>>  > The implementation of smack_inode_getsecctx() made
>>>>  > incorrect assumptions about how Smack presents a security
>>>>  > context. Smack does not need to allocate memory to support
>>>>  > security contexts, so "releasing" a Smack context is a no-op.
>>>>  > The code made an unnecessary copy and returned that as a
>>>>  > context, which was never freed. The revised implementation
>>>>  > returns the context correctly.
>>>>  >
>>>>  > Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey at schaufler-ca.com>
>>>>  
>>>>  Tejun, does this pass your tests?
>>  
>>> Oh, I'm not the one who reported.  Chandan?
>> Looks good to me. Leak not found.
> 
>Thanks. Can I add your "Tested-by:" on the commit?

Sure. I think "Reported-by:" would also be ok.
 
 
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