linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] perf tools: free 'printk' string in parse_ftrace

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Message-ID: <20181002154752.GD9457@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 Oct 2018 12:47:52 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:     Sanskriti Sharma <sansharm@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] perf tools: free 'printk' string in
 parse_ftrace_printk()

Em Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 10:29:12AM -0400, Sanskriti Sharma escreveu:
> parse_ftrace_printk() tokenizes and parses a line, calling strdup() each
> iteration.  Add code to free this temporary format string duplicate.
> 
> Fixes the following coverity complaints:
> 
>   Error: RESOURCE_LEAK (CWE-772):
>   tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c:158: overwrite_var: Overwriting
>   "printk" in "printk = strdup(fmt + 1)" leaks the storage that "printk"
>   points to.
> 
>   tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c:162: leaked_storage: Variable
>   "printk" going out of scope leaks the storage it points to.

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo
 
> Signed-off-by: Sanskriti Sharma <sansharm@...hat.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
> index e76214f..b15a9bf 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-parse.c
> @@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ void parse_ftrace_printk(struct tep_handle *pevent,
>  		printk = strdup(fmt+1);
>  		line = strtok_r(NULL, "\n", &next);
>  		tep_register_print_string(pevent, printk, addr);
> +		free(printk);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1