linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Subject: x86/vdso/vdso2c: Memory Leak fix, Fix leak of variable name in vdso2c.c

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Message-ID: <20220422074243.GU2731@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:42:43 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     ashamedbit <muralianiruddhan@...il.com>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Subject: x86/vdso/vdso2c: Memory Leak fix, Fix leak of
 variable name in vdso2c.c

On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 03:09:22AM -0400, ashamedbit wrote:
> The file vdso2c.c contains a memory leak of variable 'name'.
> This leak was detected by ASAN(AddressSanitizer) on local  builds.
> A tool called AddressWatcher automatically attempts to fix memory
> leaks suggested by ASAN. The fix has been inserted to stop the
> memory leak in the file vdso2c.c.

I think you need to fix your tool, this is 3 lines before the program
terminates. Please explain how that is a leak?