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SubjectRe: kernel memory leak fix for af_unix datagram getpeersec
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.


- James
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