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[v2,11/21] trace-cmd library: Fix possible memory leak in read_proc_kallsyms()

Message ID 20210913122759.3672494-12-tz.stoyanov@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series trace-cmd fixes and clean-ups | expand

Commit Message

Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) Sept. 13, 2021, 12:27 p.m. UTC
Some error paths in read_proc_kallsyms() may lead to a memory leak.
Improved the error handling of this internal function to avoid it.

Signed-off-by: Tzvetomir Stoyanov (VMware) <tz.stoyanov@gmail.com>
---
 lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c
index 32358ce9..9b23063e 100644
--- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c
+++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-input.c
@@ -739,34 +739,39 @@  static int read_event_files(struct tracecmd_input *handle, const char *regex)
 
 static int read_proc_kallsyms(struct tracecmd_input *handle)
 {
-	struct tep_handle *pevent = handle->pevent;
+	struct tep_handle *tep = handle->pevent;
 	unsigned int size;
-	char *buf;
+	char *buf = NULL;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (handle->file_state >= TRACECMD_FILE_KALLSYMS)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (read4(handle, &size) < 0)
-		return -1;
-	if (!size)
-		return 0; /* OK? */
+	ret = read4(handle, &size);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
+	if (!size) {
+		handle->file_state = TRACECMD_FILE_KALLSYMS;
+		goto out; /* OK? */
+	}
 
 	buf = malloc(size+1);
-	if (!buf)
-		return -1;
-	if (do_read_check(handle, buf, size)){
-		free(buf);
-		return -1;
+	if (!buf) {
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
 	}
-	buf[size] = 0;
-
-	tep_parse_kallsyms(pevent, buf);
+	ret = do_read_check(handle, buf, size);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto out;
 
-	free(buf);
+	buf[size] = 0;
+	tep_parse_kallsyms(tep, buf);
 
 	handle->file_state = TRACECMD_FILE_KALLSYMS;
-
-	return 0;
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	free(buf);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int read_ftrace_printk(struct tracecmd_input *handle)