linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 26/74] libss: fix memory handling errors

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Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 2013 11:04:15 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>, tytso@....edu
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 26/74] libss: fix memory handling errors

On 12/10/13, 7:21 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Fix memory allocation calculations and check for NULL pointer returns.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
> ---
>  lib/ss/invocation.c  |    5 +++++
>  lib/ss/parse.c       |    4 ++++
>  lib/ss/request_tbl.c |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/lib/ss/invocation.c b/lib/ss/invocation.c
> index a711050..08b66f2 100644
> --- a/lib/ss/invocation.c
> +++ b/lib/ss/invocation.c
> @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
>  #ifdef HAVE_DLOPEN
>  #include <dlfcn.h>
>  #endif
> +#include <errno.h>
>  
>  int ss_create_invocation(subsystem_name, version_string, info_ptr,
>  			 request_table_ptr, code_ptr)
> @@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ int ss_create_invocation(subsystem_name, version_string, info_ptr,
>  		;
>  	table = (ss_data **) realloc((char *)table,
>  				     ((unsigned)sci_idx+2)*size);
> +	if (table == NULL) {
> +		*code_ptr = errno;
> +		return 0;
> +	}

According to coverity CID 295143, this leaks "new_table"

Just a free() before return would suffice I think.

Thanks,
-Eric

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