linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf hisi-ptt: Fix memory leak in lseek failure handling

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Date:   Sat, 30 Sep 2023 15:27:19 +0800
From:   Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
To:     yangyicong@...ilicon.com, jonathan.cameron@...wei.com
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        jolsa@...nel.org, namhyung@...nel.org, irogers@...gle.com,
        adrian.hunter@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf hisi-ptt: Fix memory leak in lseek failure handling

In the previous code, there was a memory leak issue where the previously
allocated memory was not freed upon a failed lseek operation. This patch
addresses the problem by releasing the old memory before returning -errno
in case of a lseek failure. This ensures that memory is properly managed
and avoids potential memory leaks.

Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/hisi-ptt.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hisi-ptt.c b/tools/perf/util/hisi-ptt.c
index 45b614bb73bf..43bd1ca62d58 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hisi-ptt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hisi-ptt.c
@@ -108,8 +108,10 @@ static int hisi_ptt_process_auxtrace_event(struct perf_session *session,
 		data_offset = 0;
 	} else {
 		data_offset = lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_CUR);
-		if (data_offset == -1)
+		if (data_offset == -1) {
+			free(data);
 			return -errno;
+		}
 	}
 
 	err = readn(fd, data, size);
-- 
2.25.1