fs/namespace.c:dup_namespace(): fix a use after free

[Adrian Bunk]

The Coverity checker spotted the following bug in dup_namespace():

<--  snip  -->

        if (!new_ns->root) {
                up_write(&namespace_sem);
                kfree(new_ns);
                goto out;
        }
...
out:
        return new_ns;

<--  snip  -->


Callers expect a non-NULL result to not be freed.


Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>

--- linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm1-full/fs/namespace.c.old	2006-03-14 03:22:30.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc6-mm1-full/fs/namespace.c	2006-03-14 03:23:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ struct namespace *dup_namespace(struct t
 
 	new_ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_ns)
-		goto out;
+		return NULL;
 
 	atomic_set(&new_ns->count, 1);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_ns->list);
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ struct namespace *dup_namespace(struct t
 	if (!new_ns->root) {
 		up_write(&namespace_sem);
 		kfree(new_ns);
-		goto out;
+		return NULL;
 	}
 	spin_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&new_ns->list, &new_ns->root->mnt_list);
@@ -1444,7 +1444,6 @@ struct namespace *dup_namespace(struct t
 	if (altrootmnt)
 		mntput(altrootmnt);
 
-out:
 	return new_ns;
 }
 

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