Re: [PATCH] [SECURITY, 2.4] Avoid 'names_cache' memory leak withCONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 18:27 +0900, Horms wrote:
> This is CAN-2005-3181, and a backport of
> 829841146878e082613a49581ae252c071057c23 from Linus's 2.6 tree to 2.4.
> 
> Original Description and Sign-Off:
> 
> Avoid 'names_cache' memory leak with CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
> 
> The nameidata "last.name" is always allocated with "__getname()", and
> should always be free'd with "__putname()".
> 
> Using "putname()" without the underscores will leak memory, because the
> allocation will have been hidden from the AUDITSYSCALL code.

> My sign off, indicating I think it applies to 2.4:


since there is no such thing as CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL in any 2.4 kernel, I
really think this is entirely NOT relevant to 2.4.....


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