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Subject: [PATCH] perf util: Fix use after free in metric__new
Date:   Wed,  8 Dec 2021 18:11:13 +0100
Message-Id: <20211208171113.22089-1-jose.exposito89@gmail.com>
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Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1494000
Signed-off-by: José Expósito <jose.exposito89@gmail.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index fffe02aae3ed..4d2fed3aefd1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ static struct metric *metric__new(const struct pmu_event *pe,
 	m->metric_name = pe->metric_name;
 	m->modifier = modifier ? strdup(modifier) : NULL;
 	if (modifier && !m->modifier) {
-		free(m);
 		expr__ctx_free(m->pctx);
+		free(m);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	m->metric_expr = pe->metric_expr;
-- 
2.25.1