[tip:x86/urgent] x86/boot-image: Don't leak phdrs in arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c::Parse_elf()

[tip-bot for Jesper Juhl]

Commit-ID:  5067cf53cac9b36d42ebb3a45bb12259d0bc1e68
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/5067cf53cac9b36d42ebb3a45bb12259d0bc1e68
Author:     Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:34:59 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:30:29 +0100

x86/boot-image: Don't leak phdrs in arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c::Parse_elf()

We allocate memory with malloc(), but neglect to free it before
the variable 'phdrs' goes out of scope --> leak.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LNX.2.00.1201232332590.8772@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[ Mostly harmless. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 3a19d04..7116dcb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ static void parse_elf(void *output)
 		default: /* Ignore other PT_* */ break;
 		}
 	}
+
+	free(phdrs);
 }
 
 asmlinkage void decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
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