Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ima: Free IMA measurement buffer on error | From | Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <> | Date | Fri, 5 Feb 2021 09:39:14 -0800 |
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On 2/5/21 2:05 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 09:49:50AM -0800, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote: >> IMA allocates kernel virtual memory to carry forward the measurement >> list, from the current kernel to the next kernel on kexec system call, >> in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function. In error code paths this memory >> is not freed resulting in memory leak. >> >> Free the memory allocated for the IMA measurement list in >> the error code paths in ima_add_kexec_buffer() function. >> >> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@linux.microsoft.com> >> Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.microsoft.com> >> Fixes: 7b8589cc29e7 ("ima: on soft reboot, save the measurement list") >> --- >> security/integrity/ima/ima_kexec.c | 1 + >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > <formletter> > > This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the > stable kernel tree. Please read: > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html > for how to do this properly. > > </formletter> >
Thanks for the info Greg.
I will re-submit the two patches in the proper format.
-lakshmi
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