[PATCH v3 5/6] perf kvm: Fix a memory leak in the usage string

From: Namhyung Kim

Date: Wed Jul 01 2026 - 15:53:31 EST


The first element of the kvm_usage string is allocated dynamically by
parse_options_subcommand() if it's NULL. Callers should free it after
use.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c | 15 ++++++++-------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 20ea59e59a4b65ba..00baafb056032970 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -2135,6 +2135,7 @@ int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv)
const char *const kvm_subcommands[] = { "top", "record", "report", "diff",
"buildid-list", "stat", NULL };
const char *kvm_usage[] = { NULL, NULL };
+ int ret;

exclude_GH_default = true;
perf_host = 0;
@@ -2152,18 +2153,18 @@ int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv)
file_name = get_filename_for_perf_kvm();

if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("record", argv[0]))
- return __cmd_record(file_name, argc, argv);
+ ret = __cmd_record(file_name, argc, argv);
else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("report", argv[0]))
- return __cmd_report(file_name, argc, argv);
+ ret = __cmd_report(file_name, argc, argv);
else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("diff", argv[0]))
- return cmd_diff(argc, argv);
+ ret = cmd_diff(argc, argv);
else if (!strcmp(argv[0], "top"))
- return __cmd_top(argc, argv);
+ ret = __cmd_top(argc, argv);
else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("buildid-list", argv[0]))
- return __cmd_buildid_list(file_name, argc, argv);
+ ret = __cmd_buildid_list(file_name, argc, argv);
#if defined(HAVE_LIBTRACEEVENT)
else if (strlen(argv[0]) > 2 && strstarts("stat", argv[0]))
- return kvm_cmd_stat(file_name, argc, argv);
+ ret = kvm_cmd_stat(file_name, argc, argv);
#endif
else
usage_with_options(kvm_usage, kvm_options);
@@ -2171,5 +2172,5 @@ int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv)
/* free usage string allocated by parse_options_subcommand */
free((void *)kvm_usage[0]);

- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
--
2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog