netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 1/3] lib/fs: fix memory leak in get_task

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Date:   Tue, 1 Feb 2022 10:27:12 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com, markzhang@...dia.com,
        leonro@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 1/3] lib/fs: fix memory leak in get_task_name()

On Tue,  1 Feb 2022 18:39:24 +0100
Andrea Claudi <aclaudi@...hat.com> wrote:

> +	if (fscanf(f, "%ms\n", &comm) != 1) {
> +		free(comm);
> +		return NULL;

This is still leaking the original comm.

Why not change it to use a local variable for the path
(avoid asprintf) and not reuse comm for both pathname
and return value.