Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6:
CRED: Fix memory leak in error handling
diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index 1ed8ca1..1b1129d 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
new = kmem_cache_alloc(cred_jar, GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!new)
- return NULL;
+ goto free_tgcred;
kdebug("prepare_usermodehelper_creds() alloc %p", new);
@@ -397,6 +397,10 @@
error:
put_cred(new);
+free_tgcred:
+#ifdef CONFIG_KEYS
+ kfree(tgcred);
+#endif
return NULL;
}
