linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] kconfig: Fix automatic menu creation mem leak

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Date:   Sun,  8 Oct 2017 19:35:44 +0200
From:   Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
To:     yann.morin.1998@...e.fr, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     sam@...nborg.org, zippel@...ux-m68k.org, nicolas.pitre@...aro.org,
        michal.lkml@...kovi.net, dirk@...ders.net,
        yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com, lacombar@...il.com,
        walch.martin@....de, JBeulich@...e.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] kconfig: Fix automatic menu creation mem leak

expr_trans_compare() always allocates and returns a new expression,
giving the following leak outline:

	...
	*Allocate*
	basedep = expr_trans_compare(basedep, E_UNEQUAL, &symbol_no);
	...
	for (menu = parent->next; menu; menu = menu->next) {
		...
		*Copy*
		dep2 = expr_copy(basedep);
		...
		*Free copy*
		expr_free(dep2);
	}
	*basedep lost!*

Fix by freeing 'basedep' after the loop.

Summary from Valgrind on 'menuconfig' (ARCH=x86) before the fix:

	LEAK SUMMARY:
	   definitely lost: 344,376 bytes in 14,349 blocks
	   ...

Summary after the fix:

	LEAK SUMMARY:
	   definitely lost: 44,448 bytes in 1,852 blocks
	   ...

Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
---
 scripts/kconfig/menu.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
index e935793..749c2bd 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ void menu_finalize(struct menu *parent)
 			menu->parent = parent;
 			last_menu = menu;
 		}
+		expr_free(basedep);
 		if (last_menu) {
 			parent->list = parent->next;
 			parent->next = last_menu->next;
-- 
2.7.4