linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] perf tools: free temporary 'sys' string in read_event

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Date:   Tue,  2 Oct 2018 10:29:14 -0400
From:   Sanskriti Sharma <sansharm@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] perf tools: free temporary 'sys' string in read_event_files()

For each system in a given pevent, read_event_files() reads in a
temporary 'sys' string.  Be sure to free this string before moving onto
to the next system and/or leaving read_event_files().

Fixes the following coverity complaints:

  Error: RESOURCE_LEAK (CWE-772):

  tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c:343: overwrite_var: Overwriting
  "sys" in "sys = read_string()" leaks the storage that "sys" points to.

  tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c:353: leaked_storage: Variable "sys"
  going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.

Signed-off-by: Sanskriti Sharma <sansharm@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
index 6a0d0f2..dd045fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c
@@ -347,9 +347,12 @@ static int read_event_files(struct tep_handle *pevent)
 		for (x=0; x < count; x++) {
 			size = read8(pevent);
 			ret = read_event_file(pevent, sys, size);
-			if (ret)
+			if (ret) {
+				free(sys);
 				return ret;
+			}
 		}
+		free(sys);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.8.3.1