linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] libsubcmd: Fix parse-options memory leak

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Message-Id: <20240509052015.1914670-1-irogers@google.com>
Date: Wed,  8 May 2024 22:20:15 -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>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, 
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1] libsubcmd: Fix parse-options memory leak

If a usage string is built in parse_options_subcommand, also free it.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
index 9fa75943f2ed..d943d78b787e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.c
@@ -633,11 +633,10 @@ int parse_options_subcommand(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *o
 			const char *const subcommands[], const char *usagestr[], int flags)
 {
 	struct parse_opt_ctx_t ctx;
+	char *buf = NULL;
 
 	/* build usage string if it's not provided */
 	if (subcommands && !usagestr[0]) {
-		char *buf = NULL;
-
 		astrcatf(&buf, "%s %s [<options>] {", subcmd_config.exec_name, argv[0]);
 
 		for (int i = 0; subcommands[i]; i++) {
@@ -679,7 +678,10 @@ int parse_options_subcommand(int argc, const char **argv, const struct option *o
 			astrcatf(&error_buf, "unknown switch `%c'", *ctx.opt);
 		usage_with_options(usagestr, options);
 	}
-
+	if (buf) {
+		usagestr[0] = NULL;
+		free(buf);
+	}
 	return parse_options_end(&ctx);
 }
 
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