[PATCH v2] tools: objtool: fix memory leak in elf_create_rela_section()

From: Martin Kepplinger
Date: Thu Sep 14 2017 - 02:02:07 EST


Let's free the allocated char array relaname before returning
in order to avoid leaking memory.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx>
---

I should've allocated some brain resources before freeing some computer's.

tools/objtool/elf.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 6e9f980a7d26..1e89a5f8bfc9 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ struct section *elf_create_rela_section(struct elf *elf, struct section *base)
strcat(relaname, base->name);

sec = elf_create_section(elf, relaname, sizeof(GElf_Rela), 0);
+ free(relaname);
if (!sec)
return NULL;

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2.11.0