[patch] tomoyo: fix potential use after free
From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Sat Mar 13 2010 - 06:20:56 EST
The original code returns a freed pointer. This function is expected to
return NULL on errors.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/security/tomoyo/common.c b/security/tomoyo/common.c
index ff51f10..ef89947 100644
--- a/security/tomoyo/common.c
+++ b/security/tomoyo/common.c
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ static struct tomoyo_profile *tomoyo_find_or_assign_new_profile(const unsigned
ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tomoyo_memory_ok(ptr)) {
kfree(ptr);
+ ptr = NULL;
goto ok;
}
for (i = 0; i < TOMOYO_MAX_CONTROL_INDEX; i++)
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