[PATCH] eCryptfs: Fix pointer deref

[Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>]

On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 05:36:37PM -0600, Michael Halcrow wrote:
> +	algified_name_len = (chaining_modifier_len + cipher_name_len + 3);
> +	(*algified_name) = kmalloc(algified_name_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!(algified_name)) {
> +		rc = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto out;
> +	}

I missed a pointer dereference in this kmalloc result check.

Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>

---

 fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

b30f5b01ff79d9250dbd9e39db1c1aae7719c815
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index 3f83613..9333fa3 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ int ecryptfs_crypto_api_algify_cipher_na
 
 	algified_name_len = (chaining_modifier_len + cipher_name_len + 3);
 	(*algified_name) = kmalloc(algified_name_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!(algified_name)) {
+	if (!(*algified_name)) {
 		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-- 
1.3.3

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