kernfs: fix memory leak of kernfs_iattrs in __kernfs_new_node

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There exists a memory leak of kernfs_iattrs contained as an element
of kernfs_node allocated in __kernfs_new_node(). __kernfs_setattr()
allocates kernfs_iattrs as a sub-object, and the LSM security check
incorrectly errors out and does not free the kernfs_iattrs sub-object.

Make an additional error out case that properly frees kernfs_iattrs if
security_kernfs_init_security() fails.

Fixes: e19dfdc83b ("kernfs: initialize security of newly created nodes")
Co-developed-by: Oliver Rosenberg <olrose55@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Rosenberg <olrose55@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Rosenberg <whrosenb@asu.edu>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251125151332.2010687-1-whrosenb@asu.edu
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Will Rosenberg 2025-11-25 08:13:32 -07:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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