[PATCH] get rid of leak in compat_execve()

Even though copy_compat_strings() doesn't cache the pages, copy_strings_kernel() and stuff indirectly called by e.g. ->load_binary() is doing that, so we need to drop the cache contents in the end. [found by WANG Cong <[email protected]>] Signed-off-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
cbmeeks · May 16, 2008 · 08a6fac · 08a6fac
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diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1405,7 +1405,7 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 		/* execve success */
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 		acct_update_integrals(current);
-		kfree(bprm);
+		free_bprm(bprm);
 		return retval;
 	}
 
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ int compat_do_execve(char * filename,
 	}
 
 out_kfree:
-	kfree(bprm);
+	free_bprm(bprm);
 
 out_ret:
 	return retval;

diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1251,6 +1251,12 @@ int search_binary_handler(struct linux_binprm *bprm,struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(search_binary_handler);
 
+void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
+{
+	free_arg_pages(bprm);
+	kfree(bprm);
+}
+
 /*
  * sys_execve() executes a new program.
  */
@@ -1320,17 +1326,15 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 	retval = search_binary_handler(bprm,regs);
 	if (retval >= 0) {
 		/* execve success */
-		free_arg_pages(bprm);
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 		acct_update_integrals(current);
-		kfree(bprm);
+		free_bprm(bprm);
 		if (displaced)
 			put_files_struct(displaced);
 		return retval;
 	}
 
 out:
-	free_arg_pages(bprm);
 	if (bprm->security)
 		security_bprm_free(bprm);
 
@@ -1344,7 +1348,7 @@ int do_execve(char * filename,
 		fput(bprm->file);
 	}
 out_kfree:
-	kfree(bprm);
+	free_bprm(bprm);
 
 out_files:
 	if (displaced)

diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ extern int copy_strings_kernel(int argc,char ** argv,struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern void compute_creds(struct linux_binprm *binprm);
 extern int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs);
 extern int set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new);
+extern void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *);
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif /* _LINUX_BINFMTS_H */