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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)
committerAK <andi@firstfloor.org>
Sun, 6 Feb 2011 19:03:41 +0000 (11:03 -0800)
commita1a584f5c28939e5c11d062b233599034748d6dd
tree6da1f7c2ec91ddd72689444fdf64a42adcc1668ctree | snapshot
parent6559ff535c6a7d61eb22295ddf390ac917f46275commit | diff
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>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
fs/notify/inotify/inotify_user.c diff | blob | history
Linux kernel for KaRo TX COM modules