From d6ccf4997e62fb6629f9f003980dca5292138b7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Namjae Jeon Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:11:20 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] cifs: fix memory leak when password is supplied multiple times Unlikely but possible. When password is supplied multiple times, we have to free the previous allocation. Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon Signed-off-by: Ashish Sangwan Signed-off-by: Steve French --- fs/cifs/connect.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c index 03ed8a09581c..36ca2045009b 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -1600,6 +1600,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname, tmp_end++; if (!(tmp_end < end && tmp_end[1] == delim)) { /* No it is not. Set the password to NULL */ + kfree(vol->password); vol->password = NULL; break; } @@ -1637,6 +1638,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char *devname, options = end; } + kfree(vol->password); /* Now build new password string */ temp_len = strlen(value); vol->password = kzalloc(temp_len+1, GFP_KERNEL); -- GitLab