Re: [PATCH] fix security_release_secctx seems broken

[James Morris]

On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:

> Just "getcap /bin/ping" is enough to tigger leak if file has capabilities.
> Selinux shouldn't be loaded because its release_secctx hook call kfree.

Ahh, makes sense.

> 
> But sometimes it takes some time for kmemleak to find leak. Presumably
> because stale poiner stays on stack which could be reused nowdays.

Thanks for finding this!


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