netdev - [PATCH v2] selftests: net: avoid memory leak

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Message-Id: <20250828020210.25475-1-min_halo@163.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:02:10 +0800
From: Zongmin Zhou <min_halo@....com>
To: horms@...nel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	shuah@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Zongmin Zhou <zhouzongmin@...inos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v2] selftests: net: avoid memory leak

From: Zongmin Zhou <zhouzongmin@...inos.cn>

The buffer be used without free,fix it to avoid memory leak.

Signed-off-by: Zongmin Zhou <zhouzongmin@...inos.cn>
---
Changes in v2:
- add the label to use instead of directly to use on each case.
---
 tools/testing/selftests/net/cmsg_sender.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/cmsg_sender.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/cmsg_sender.c
index a825e628aee7..71984e0a44e2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/cmsg_sender.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/cmsg_sender.c
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (err) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Can't resolve address [%s]:%s\n",
 			opt.host, opt.service);
-		return ERN_SOCK_CREATE;
+		err = ERN_SOCK_CREATE;
+		goto err_free_buff;
 	}
 
 	if (ai->ai_family == AF_INET6 && opt.sock.proto == IPPROTO_ICMP)
@@ -501,7 +502,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Can't open socket: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		freeaddrinfo(ai);
-		return ERN_RESOLVE;
+		err = ERN_RESOLVE;
+		goto err_free_buff;
 	}
 
 	if (opt.sock.proto == IPPROTO_ICMP) {
@@ -575,5 +577,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 err_out:
 	close(fd);
 	freeaddrinfo(ai);
+err_free_buff:
+	free(buf);
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.34.1