[Devel] [PATCH vz7] binfmt_misc: don't free per-VE object on error path

Nikita Yushchenko nikita.yushchenko at virtuozzo.com
Wed Oct 20 20:37:03 MSK 2021


Freeing bm_data on mount error path is wrong because it could be
allocated on older mount and store valid data.

The object will be freed at ve destruction time.

Signed-off-by: Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yushchenko at virtuozzo.com>
---
 fs/binfmt_misc.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index 75cc8c279412..8b6665bfe066 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -722,13 +722,12 @@ static int bm_fill_super(struct super_block * sb, void * data, int silent)
 		rwlock_init(&bm_data->entries_lock);
 
 		ve->binfmt_misc = bm_data;
+		/* this will be freed in ve_destroy() */
 	}
 
 	err = simple_fill_super(sb, BINFMTFS_MAGIC, bm_files);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(bm_data);
+	if (err)
 		return err;
-	}
 
 	sb->s_op = &s_ops;
 
-- 
2.30.2



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