netdev - [PATCH 7/7] ethtool: fix leakage of strings resources in get_feature

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Date:   Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:56:21 -0400
From:   "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] ethtool: fix leakage of strings resources in get_feature_defs

Coverity issue: 1363125
Fixes: 6042804cf6ec ("Change -k/-K options to use ETHTOOL_{G,S}FEATURES")

Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@...driver.com>
---
 ethtool.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ethtool.c b/ethtool.c
index 406cfd2f95a5..5b83a0041a95 100644
--- a/ethtool.c
+++ b/ethtool.c
@@ -1715,8 +1715,10 @@ static struct feature_defs *get_feature_defs(struct cmd_context *ctx)
 	}
 
 	defs = malloc(sizeof(*defs) + sizeof(defs->def[0]) * n_features);
-	if (!defs)
+	if (!defs) {
+		free(names);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	defs->n_features = n_features;
 	memset(defs->off_flag_matched, 0, sizeof(defs->off_flag_matched));
-- 
2.7.4