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MIPS: Fix memory leak in error path of HI16/LO16 relocation handling.
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Commit 6f5d2e970452b5c86906adcb8e7ad246f535ba39 (lmo) /
477c4b0 (kernel.org) [[MIPS: VPE: Free
relocation chain on error.] fixed the same issue in the vpe loader in 2009
but back then the same bug in module.c went unfixed.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Reported-by: Akhilesh Kumar <akhilesh.lxr@gmail.com>
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Ralf Baechle committed Aug 17, 2012
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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions arch/mips/kernel/module.c
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Expand Up @@ -146,16 +146,15 @@ static int apply_r_mips_lo16_rel(struct module *me, u32 *location, Elf_Addr v)
{
unsigned long insnlo = *location;
Elf_Addr val, vallo;
struct mips_hi16 *l, *next;

/* Sign extend the addend we extract from the lo insn. */
vallo = ((insnlo & 0xffff) ^ 0x8000) - 0x8000;

if (mips_hi16_list != NULL) {
struct mips_hi16 *l;

l = mips_hi16_list;
while (l != NULL) {
struct mips_hi16 *next;
unsigned long insn;

/*
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -201,6 +200,12 @@ static int apply_r_mips_lo16_rel(struct module *me, u32 *location, Elf_Addr v)
return 0;

out_danger:
while (l) {
next = l->next;
kfree(l);
l = next;
}

pr_err("module %s: dangerous R_MIPS_LO16 REL relocation\n", me->name);

return -ENOEXEC;
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