netdev - [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/2] libbpf: Fix the possible memory leak caused by obj->kconfig

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Date:   Fri,  9 Jul 2021 10:47:53 +0800
From:   Shuyi Cheng <chengshuyi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, andrii@...nel.org,
        kafai@...com, songliubraving@...com, yhs@...com,
        john.fastabend@...il.com, kpsingh@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuyi Cheng <chengshuyi@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/2] libbpf: Fix the possible memory leak caused by obj->kconfig

When obj->kconfig is NULL, ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) should not be returned
directly, err=-ENOMEM should be set, and then goto out.

Signed-off-by: Shuyi Cheng <chengshuyi@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
 tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 6702b7f..5e550e7 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -7626,8 +7626,10 @@ int bpf_program__load(struct bpf_program *prog, char *license, __u32 kern_ver)
 	kconfig = OPTS_GET(opts, kconfig, NULL);
 	if (kconfig) {
 		obj->kconfig = strdup(kconfig);
-		if (!obj->kconfig)
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		if (!obj->kconfig) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	err = bpf_object__elf_init(obj);
-- 
1.8.3.1