[PATCH] evm: Fix possible memory leak in evm_calc_hmac_or_hash()
Mimi Zohar
zohar at linux.ibm.com
Tue Apr 14 13:48:32 UTC 2020
Thanks, Roberto.
Sorry for the delays in reviewing the miscellaneous set of IMA patches
you previously posted. They're next on my "todo" list.
Mimi
On Tue, 2020-04-14 at 10:01 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> Don't immediately return if the signature is portable and security.ima is
> not present. Just set error so that memory allocated is freed before
> returning from evm_calc_hmac_or_hash().
>
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 50b977481fce9 ("EVM: Add support for portable signature format")
> Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
> ---
> security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
> index 35682852ddea..499ea01b2edc 100644
> --- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
> +++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
> @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static int evm_calc_hmac_or_hash(struct dentry *dentry,
>
> /* Portable EVM signatures must include an IMA hash */
> if (type == EVM_XATTR_PORTABLE_DIGSIG && !ima_present)
> - return -EPERM;
> + error = -EPERM;
> out:
> kfree(xattr_value);
> kfree(desc);
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