[PATCH 4/4] perf util: Fix potential segment fault in put_tracepoints_path

From: Wei Li
Date: Thu May 21 2020 - 09:33:19 EST


From: Li Bin <huawei.libin@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch fix potential segment fault triggerd in put_tracepoints_path
when the address of the local variable 'path' be freed in error path
of record_saved_cmdline.

Signed-off-by: Li Bin <huawei.libin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
index 086e98ff42a3..0e5c4786f296 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-info.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ get_tracepoints_path(struct list_head *pattrs)
if (!ppath->next) {
error:
pr_debug("No memory to alloc tracepoints list\n");
- put_tracepoints_path(&path);
+ put_tracepoints_path(path.next);
return NULL;
}
next:
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2.17.1