linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] trace_kprobes: fix memory leak

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Message-ID: <4B0CEB95.2060107@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:32:21 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] trace_kprobes: fix memory leak


tp->nr_args is not set before we "goto error",
it causes memory leak for free_trace_probe() use tp->nr_args
to free memory of args.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
---
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
index 79ce6a2..82e8583 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_kprobe.c
@@ -704,10 +704,12 @@ static int create_trace_probe(int argc, char **argv)
 		ret = parse_probe_arg(arg, &tp->args[i].fetch, is_return);
 		if (ret) {
 			pr_info("Parse error at argument%d. (%d)\n", i, ret);
+			kfree(tp->args[i].name);
 			goto error;
 		}
+
+		tp->nr_args++;
 	}
-	tp->nr_args = i;
 
 	ret = register_trace_probe(tp);
 	if (ret)


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