[PATCH] ima: Fix memory leak in __ima_inode_hash()

Roberto Sassu roberto.sassu at huaweicloud.com
Wed Nov 2 16:30:06 UTC 2022


From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>

Commit f3cc6b25dcc5 ("ima: always measure and audit files in policy") lets
measurement or audit happen even if the file digest cannot be calculated.

As a result, iint->ima_hash could have been allocated despite
ima_collect_measurement() returning an error.

Since ima_hash belongs to a temporary inode metadata structure, declared
at the beginning of __ima_inode_hash(), just add a kfree() call if
ima_collect_measurement() returns an error different from -ENOMEM (in that
case, ima_hash should not have been allocated).

Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 280fe8367b0d ("ima: Always return a file measurement in ima_file_hash()")
Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu at huawei.com>
---
 security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 040b03ddc1c7..4a207a3ef7ef 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -542,8 +542,13 @@ static int __ima_inode_hash(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, char *buf,
 
 		rc = ima_collect_measurement(&tmp_iint, file, NULL, 0,
 					     ima_hash_algo, NULL);
-		if (rc < 0)
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			/* ima_hash could be allocated in case of failure. */
+			if (rc != -ENOMEM)
+				kfree(tmp_iint.ima_hash);
+
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
 
 		iint = &tmp_iint;
 		mutex_lock(&iint->mutex);
-- 
2.25.1



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