Re: [2.5] memleak in load_elf_binary?

[Andrew Morton]

Oleg Drokin <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Hello!
> 
>    I am still playing with improving memleak detector thing from smatch project.
> 
>    Seems there is a memleak in fs/binfmt_elf.c::load_elf_binary() in current 2.5
>    If setup_arg_pages() fails (line 638 in my sources) we do return but 
>    not freeing possibly allocated elf_interpreter (line 520) and 
>    allocated elf_phdata (line 500) areas.
> 
>    Is this looking real? At least it looks real for me (I am trying to get
>    number of false positives way down).
> 

Yes, you're right.  And there's a second one further down.

Whoever thought of permitting more than one `return' statement in a C
function should be shot.

This needs a little thought, as we've already set the new personality and the
old executable has been rubbed out.