2023-04-26 01:11:26

by Hao Zeng

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Subject: [PATCH v3] recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function

Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure

Signed-off-by: Hao Zeng <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
---
scripts/recordmcount.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index e30216525325..40ae6b2c7a6d 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static ssize_t uwrite(void const *const buf, size_t const count)
{
size_t cnt = count;
off_t idx = 0;
+ void *p = NULL;

file_updated = 1;

@@ -117,7 +118,10 @@ static ssize_t uwrite(void const *const buf, size_t const count)
off_t aoffset = (file_ptr + count) - file_end;

if (aoffset > file_append_size) {
- file_append = realloc(file_append, aoffset);
+ p = realloc(file_append, aoffset);
+ if (!p)
+ free(file_append);
+ file_append = p;
file_append_size = aoffset;
}
if (!file_append) {
--
2.37.2