linux-kernel - [PATCH] recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function

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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:30:48 +0800
From:   Hao Zeng <zenghao@...inos.cn>
To:     chenhuacai@...nel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, zhangqing@...ngson.cn,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Hao Zeng <zenghao@...inos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] recordmcount: Fix memory leaks in the uwrite function

Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure

Signed-off-by: Hao Zeng <zenghao@...inos.cn>
---
 scripts/recordmcount.c | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c
index e30216525325..2b7173a86d4c 100644
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.c
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c
@@ -110,22 +110,23 @@ static ssize_t uwrite(void const *const buf, size_t const count)
 {
 	size_t cnt = count;
 	off_t idx = 0;
-
+	void *p = NULL;
 	file_updated = 1;
 
 	if (file_ptr + count >= file_end) {
 		off_t aoffset = (file_ptr + count) - file_end;
 
 		if (aoffset > file_append_size) {
-			file_append = realloc(file_append, aoffset);
+			p = realloc(file_append, aoffset);
+			if (!p) {
+				perror("write");
+				file_append_cleanup();
+				mmap_cleanup();
+				return -1;
+			}
+			file_append = p;
 			file_append_size = aoffset;
 		}
-		if (!file_append) {
-			perror("write");
-			file_append_cleanup();
-			mmap_cleanup();
-			return -1;
-		}
 		if (file_ptr < file_end) {
 			cnt = file_end - file_ptr;
 		} else {
-- 
2.37.2


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