linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] tools: objtool: fix memory leak in elf_create_rela

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Date:   Thu, 14 Sep 2017 08:01:38 +0200
From:   Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
To:     mingo.kernel.org@...il.com, jpoimboe@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2] tools: objtool: fix memory leak in elf_create_rela_section()

Let's free the allocated char array relaname before returning
in order to avoid leaking memory.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@...teo.de>
---

I should've allocated some brain resources before freeing some computer's.

 tools/objtool/elf.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 6e9f980a7d26..1e89a5f8bfc9 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ struct section *elf_create_rela_section(struct elf *elf, struct section *base)
 	strcat(relaname, base->name);
 
 	sec = elf_create_section(elf, relaname, sizeof(GElf_Rela), 0);
+	free(relaname);
 	if (!sec)
 		return NULL;
 
-- 
2.11.0