[PATCH] [v2] evm: Fix memleak in init_desc
Dinghao Liu
dinghao.liu at zju.edu.cn
Sun Jan 10 08:02:53 UTC 2021
When kmalloc() fails, tmp_tfm allocated by
crypto_alloc_shash() has not been freed, which
leads to memleak.
Fixes: d46eb3699502b ("evm: crypto hash replaced by shash")
Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu at zju.edu.cn>
---
Changelog:
v2: - Remove checks against tmp_tfm before freeing.
---
security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
index 168c3b78ac47..a6dd47eb086d 100644
--- a/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
+++ b/security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static struct shash_desc *init_desc(char type, uint8_t hash_algo)
{
long rc;
const char *algo;
- struct crypto_shash **tfm, *tmp_tfm;
+ struct crypto_shash **tfm, *tmp_tfm = NULL;
struct shash_desc *desc;
if (type == EVM_XATTR_HMAC) {
@@ -118,13 +118,16 @@ static struct shash_desc *init_desc(char type, uint8_t hash_algo)
alloc:
desc = kmalloc(sizeof(*desc) + crypto_shash_descsize(*tfm),
GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!desc)
+ if (!desc) {
+ crypto_free_shash(tmp_tfm);
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+ }
desc->tfm = *tfm;
rc = crypto_shash_init(desc);
if (rc) {
+ crypto_free_shash(tmp_tfm);
kfree(desc);
return ERR_PTR(rc);
}
--
2.17.1
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