Re: [PATCH v3] selinux: hooks: use kmalloc() to allocate path buffer

[Stephen Smalley]

On Sun, May 31, 2026 at 12:58 PM Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> selinux_genfs_get_sid() allocates memory for a path with __get_free_page().
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> 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.
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> 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>

Acked-by: Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@xxxxxxxxx>