ecryptfs: use after free
authorDan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:34:32 +0000 (12:34 +0300)
committerTyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:36:06 +0000 (22:36 -0600)
The "full_alg_name" variable is used on a couple error paths, so we
shouldn't free it until the end.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c

index fbb6e5e..7cb0a59 100644 (file)
@@ -1748,7 +1748,7 @@ ecryptfs_process_key_cipher(struct crypto_blkcipher **key_tfm,
                            char *cipher_name, size_t *key_size)
 {
        char dummy_key[ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES];
-       char *full_alg_name;
+       char *full_alg_name = NULL;
        int rc;
 
        *key_tfm = NULL;
@@ -1763,7 +1763,6 @@ ecryptfs_process_key_cipher(struct crypto_blkcipher **key_tfm,
        if (rc)
                goto out;
        *key_tfm = crypto_alloc_blkcipher(full_alg_name, 0, CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC);
-       kfree(full_alg_name);
        if (IS_ERR(*key_tfm)) {
                rc = PTR_ERR(*key_tfm);
                printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to allocate crypto cipher with name "
@@ -1786,6 +1785,7 @@ ecryptfs_process_key_cipher(struct crypto_blkcipher **key_tfm,
                goto out;
        }
 out:
+       kfree(full_alg_name);
        return rc;
 }