posix_acl_update_mode() could possibly clear 'acl', if so we leak the memory pointed by 'acl'. Save this pointer before calling posix_acl_update_mode() and release the memory if 'acl' really gets cleared.
Reported-by: Mark Salyzyn <saly...@android.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <j...@suse.cz> Cc: Eric Van Hensbergen <eri...@gmail.com> Cc: Ron Minnich <rminn...@sandia.gov> Cc: Latchesar Ionkov <lu...@ionkov.net> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangc...@gmail.com> --- fs/9p/acl.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/9p/acl.c b/fs/9p/acl.c index b3c2cc7..082d227 100644 --- a/fs/9p/acl.c +++ b/fs/9p/acl.c @@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler, case ACL_TYPE_ACCESS: if (acl) { struct iattr iattr; + struct posix_acl *old_acl = acl; retval = posix_acl_update_mode(inode, &iattr.ia_mode, &acl); if (retval) @@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ static int v9fs_xattr_set_acl(const struct xattr_handler *handler, * by the mode bits. So don't * update ACL. */ + posix_acl_release(old_acl); value = NULL; size = 0; } -- 2.5.5