linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 1/5] lib subcmd: Avoid memory leak in exclude

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Message-Id: <20230611233610.953456-1-irogers@google.com>
Date:   Sun, 11 Jun 2023 16:36:06 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        "André Almeida" <andrealmeid@...lia.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/5] lib subcmd: Avoid memory leak in exclude_cmds

exclude_cmds will shorten the cmds names array, before doing so free
the removed entry.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/lib/subcmd/help.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
index bf02d62a3b2b..a66fb1a1a312 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *excludes)
 	while (ci < cmds->cnt && ei < excludes->cnt) {
 		cmp = strcmp(cmds->names[ci]->name, excludes->names[ei]->name);
 		if (cmp < 0) {
+			zfree(&cmds->names[cj]);
 			cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
 		} else if (cmp == 0) {
 			ci++;
@@ -75,9 +76,12 @@ void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *excludes)
 		}
 	}
 
-	while (ci < cmds->cnt)
+	while (ci < cmds->cnt) {
+		zfree(&cmds->names[cj]);
 		cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
-
+	}
+	for (ci = cj; ci < cmds->cnt; ci++)
+		zfree(&cmds->names[ci]);
 	cmds->cnt = cj;
 }
 
-- 
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