Merge branch 'master' into for-2.6.34

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 25b10319036..bf0e231d970 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -520,13 +520,15 @@ int call_usermodehelper_pipe(char *path, char **argv, char **envp,
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
         ret = call_usermodehelper_stdinpipe(sub_info, filp);
-        if (ret < 0)
-                goto out;
+        if (ret < 0) {
+                call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info);
+                return ret;
+        }
 
-        return call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
+        ret = call_usermodehelper_exec(sub_info, UMH_WAIT_EXEC);
+        if (ret < 0)    /* Failed to execute helper, close pipe */
+                filp_close(*filp, NULL);
 
-  out:
-        call_usermodehelper_freeinfo(sub_info);
         return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_usermodehelper_pipe);