1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index a14d842ccb21..d14afbae3c13 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/fsnotify.h>
 #include <linux/audit.h>
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 /*
  * Check permissions for extended attribute access.  This is a bit complicated
@@ -492,13 +493,18 @@ listxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *list, size_t size)
 {
         ssize_t error;
         char *klist = NULL;
+        char *vlist = NULL;     /* If non-NULL, we used vmalloc() */
 
         if (size) {
                 if (size > XATTR_LIST_MAX)
                         size = XATTR_LIST_MAX;
                 klist = kmalloc(size, __GFP_NOWARN | GFP_KERNEL);
-                if (!klist)
-                        return -ENOMEM;
+                if (!klist) {
+                        vlist = vmalloc(size);
+                        if (!vlist)
+                                return -ENOMEM;
+                        klist = vlist;
+                }
         }
 
         error = vfs_listxattr(d, klist, size);
@@ -510,7 +516,10 @@ listxattr(struct dentry *d, char __user *list, size_t size)
                    than XATTR_LIST_MAX bytes. Not possible. */
                 error = -E2BIG;
         }
-        kfree(klist);
+        if (vlist)
+                vfree(vlist);
+        else
+                kfree(klist);
         return error;
 }