Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:57:34 -0400 (EDT) | From | James Morris <> | Subject | Re: kernel memory leak fix for af_unix datagram getpeersec |
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On Sun, 16 Jul 2006, Catherine Zhang wrote:
> > Hi, Catalin and Michal, > > Enclosed please find the patch against 2.6.18-rc1 that fixed the kernel > memory leak problem.
The core kernel code doesn't know anything about secdata, as it is up to the LSM to determine what it is (in the case of SELinux, a kmalloc'd buffer).
So, you need a cleanup hook which allows the LSM to free the secdata if required.
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