Re: [PATCH] vfs: rw_copy_check_uvector() - free iov on error

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On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:06:39AM -0500, Eric Biggers wrote:
> The proposed patch doesn't work because in compat_rw_copy_check_uvector(), 'iov'
> is incremented in the loop before it is freed or returned.  This probably should
> be changed to indexing with 'seg', like in the non-compat version...

Also, there is still a memory leak in vmsplice() as it does not free the iov
buffer if 0 is returned from rw_copy_check_uvector() (possible if all segments
are of zero length).
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