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Yichen Xie <yxie@cs.stanford.edu> wrote: > > Hi guys, I was looking at the load_elf_library function (fs/binfmt_elf.c) > in 2.6.10, and noticed the following: > > elf_phdata = (struct elf_phdr *) kmalloc(j, GFP_KERNEL); > ... > while (elf_phdata->p_type != PT_LOAD) elf_phdata++; > ... > kfree(elf_phdata); > > Could this be problematic since the pointer being freed might be different > from that returned from kmalloc? Current kernels seem to be OK. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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