netdev - [PATCH] Ethtool: Free memory leak in do

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Date:	Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:59:58 +0300
From:	"Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Ethtool: Free memory leak in do_sprivflags()

cmdline is allocated for usage in parse_generic_cmdline(), but is not
released after its final usage.

Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
---
 ethtool.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/ethtool.c b/ethtool.c
index 8cc10b5..b80494d 100644
--- a/ethtool.c
+++ b/ethtool.c
@@ -3521,6 +3521,7 @@ static int do_sprivflags(struct cmd_context *ctx)
 		cmdline[i].seen_val = &seen_flags;
 	}
 	parse_generic_cmdline(ctx, &any_changed, cmdline, strings->len);
+	free(cmdline);
 
 	flags.cmd = ETHTOOL_GPFLAGS;
 	if (send_ioctl(ctx, &flags)) {
-- 
1.8.1.227.g44fe835


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