[PATCH v2] selinux: hooks: use kmalloc() to allocate path buffer
From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Sun May 31 2026 - 11:15:18 EST
From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
selinux_genfs_get_sid() allocates memory for a path with __get_free_page().
Such usage does not require a "page" and the size of the buffer should
actually be PATH_MAX which may be less than PAGE_SIZE on some
architectures.
Replace __get_free_page() for allocation of a path buffer with kmalloc()
and make it explicit that the buffer size is PATH_MAX.
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2 changes:
* explicitly use kmalloc() with PATH_MAX
security/selinux/hooks.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 0f704380a8c8..19493198ece1 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -1336,11 +1336,11 @@ static int selinux_genfs_get_sid(struct dentry *dentry,
struct super_block *sb = dentry->d_sb;
char *buffer, *path;
- buffer = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+ buffer = kmalloc(GFP_KERNEL, PATH_MAX);
if (!buffer)
return -ENOMEM;
- path = dentry_path_raw(dentry, buffer, PAGE_SIZE);
+ path = dentry_path_raw(dentry, buffer, PATH_MAX);
if (IS_ERR(path))
rc = PTR_ERR(path);
else {
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ static int selinux_genfs_get_sid(struct dentry *dentry,
rc = 0;
}
}
- free_page((unsigned long)buffer);
+ kfree(buffer);
return rc;
}
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