[PATCH v2 1/2] ima: Free IMA measurement buffer on error

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian nramas at linux.microsoft.com
Sat Feb 6 04:39:14 AEDT 2021


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 at linux.microsoft.com>
>> Suggested-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks at 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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