[PATCH 4.9 49/63] ubifs: Fix memory leak in lprobs self-check

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>

commit eef19816ada3abd56d9f20c88794cc2fea83ebb2 upstream.

Allocate the buffer after we return early.
Otherwise memory is being leaked.

Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 1e51764a3c2a ("UBIFS: add new flash file system")
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 fs/ubifs/lprops.c |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
@@ -1091,10 +1091,6 @@ static int scan_check_cb(struct ubifs_in
 		}
 	}
 
-	buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
-	if (!buf)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	/*
 	 * After an unclean unmount, empty and freeable LEBs
 	 * may contain garbage - do not scan them.
@@ -1113,6 +1109,10 @@ static int scan_check_cb(struct ubifs_in
 		return LPT_SCAN_CONTINUE;
 	}
 
+	buf = __vmalloc(c->leb_size, GFP_NOFS, PAGE_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	sleb = ubifs_scan(c, lnum, 0, buf, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(sleb)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(sleb);