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inotify: stop kernel memory leak on file creation failure
authorEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:18:37 +0000 (18:18 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Fri, 7 Jan 2011 21:58:32 +0000 (13:58 -0800)
commit51b491044a371635e678255f525117751b09ffb9
treed8e9a465e8399795a4d8740eb7d2cc1fbe2120aatree | snapshot
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inotify: stop kernel memory leak on file creation failure

commit a2ae4cc9a16e211c8a128ba10d22a85431f093ab upstream.

If inotify_init is unable to allocate a new file for the new inotify
group we leak the new group.  This patch drops the reference on the
group on file allocation failure.

Reported-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c diff | blob | history
Linux kernel for KaRo TX COM modules