struct cifsSesInfo *ses;        /* pointer to session associated with */
        char treeName[MAX_TREE_SIZE + 1]; /* UNC name of resource in ASCII */
        char *nativeFileSystem;
+       char *password;         /* for share-level security */
        __u16 tid;              /* The 2 byte tree id */
        __u16 Flags;            /* optional support bits */
        enum statusEnum tidStatus;
 
 
                /* volume_info->password freed at unmount */
                if (volume_info->password) {
-                       pSesInfo->password = volume_info->password;
-                       /* set to NULL to prevent freeing on exit */
-                       volume_info->password = NULL;
+                       pSesInfo->password = kstrdup(volume_info->password,
+                                                    GFP_KERNEL);
+                       if (!pSesInfo->password) {
+                               rc = -ENOMEM;
+                               goto mount_fail_check;
+                       }
                }
                if (volume_info->username)
                        strncpy(pSesInfo->userName, volume_info->username,
                                rc = -ENOMEM;
                                goto mount_fail_check;
                        }
+
                        tcon->ses = pSesInfo;
+                       if (volume_info->password) {
+                               tcon->password = kstrdup(volume_info->password,
+                                                        GFP_KERNEL);
+                               if (!tcon->password) {
+                                       rc = -ENOMEM;
+                                       goto mount_fail_check;
+                               }
+                       }
 
                        /* check for null share name ie connect to dfs root */
                        if ((strchr(volume_info->UNC + 3, '\\') == NULL)
                   NTLMv2 password here) */
 #ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH
                if ((extended_security & CIFSSEC_MAY_LANMAN) &&
-                       (ses->server->secType == LANMAN))
-                       calc_lanman_hash(ses->password, ses->server->cryptKey,
+                   (ses->server->secType == LANMAN))
+                       calc_lanman_hash(tcon->password, ses->server->cryptKey,
                                         ses->server->secMode &
                                            SECMODE_PW_ENCRYPT ? true : false,
                                         bcc_ptr);
                else
 #endif /* CIFS_WEAK_PW_HASH */
-               SMBNTencrypt(ses->password,
-                            ses->server->cryptKey,
+               SMBNTencrypt(tcon->password, ses->server->cryptKey,
                             bcc_ptr);
 
                bcc_ptr += CIFS_SESS_KEY_SIZE;
 
        }
        atomic_dec(&tconInfoAllocCount);
        kfree(buf_to_free->nativeFileSystem);
+       if (buf_to_free->password) {
+               memset(buf_to_free->password, 0, strlen(buf_to_free->password));
+               kfree(buf_to_free->password);
+       }
        kfree(buf_to_free);
 }