linux-kernel - [GIT pull] perf/urgent for v5.10-rc3

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Date:   Sun, 08 Nov 2020 15:23:18 -0000
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [GIT pull] perf/urgent for v5.10-rc3

Linus,

please pull the latest perf/urgent branch from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git perf-urgent-2020-11-08

up to:  7bdb157cdebb: perf/core: Fix a memory leak in perf_event_parse_addr_filter()


A single fix for the perf core plugging a memory leak in the address filter
parser.

Thanks,

	tglx

------------------>
kiyin(尹亮) (1):
      perf/core: Fix a memory leak in perf_event_parse_addr_filter()


 kernel/events/core.c | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index da467e1dd49a..5a29ab09e72d 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10085,6 +10085,7 @@ perf_event_parse_addr_filter(struct perf_event *event, char *fstr,
 			if (token == IF_SRC_FILE || token == IF_SRC_FILEADDR) {
 				int fpos = token == IF_SRC_FILE ? 2 : 1;
 
+				kfree(filename);
 				filename = match_strdup(&args[fpos]);
 				if (!filename) {
 					ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -10131,16 +10132,13 @@ perf_event_parse_addr_filter(struct perf_event *event, char *fstr,
 				 */
 				ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 				if (!event->ctx->task)
-					goto fail_free_name;
+					goto fail;
 
 				/* look up the path and grab its inode */
 				ret = kern_path(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW,
 						&filter->path);
 				if (ret)
-					goto fail_free_name;
-
-				kfree(filename);
-				filename = NULL;
+					goto fail;
 
 				ret = -EINVAL;
 				if (!filter->path.dentry ||
@@ -10160,13 +10158,13 @@ perf_event_parse_addr_filter(struct perf_event *event, char *fstr,
 	if (state != IF_STATE_ACTION)
 		goto fail;
 
+	kfree(filename);
 	kfree(orig);
 
 	return 0;
 
-fail_free_name:
-	kfree(filename);
 fail:
+	kfree(filename);
 	free_filters_list(filters);
 	kfree(orig);