[PATCH] objtool: fix potential memory leak special_get_alts()
From: Chen Wandun
Date: Thu Jul 02 2020 - 07:00:53 EST
If get_alt_entry() return error, struct special_alt will leak.
Fixes: 442f04c34a1a ("objtool: Add tool to perform compile-time stack metadata validation")
Signed-off-by: Chen Wandun <chenwandun@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/objtool/special.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/special.c b/tools/objtool/special.c
index e893f1e48e44..90a6ba2d5895 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/special.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/special.c
@@ -188,8 +188,10 @@ int special_get_alts(struct elf *elf, struct list_head *alts)
memset(alt, 0, sizeof(*alt));
ret = get_alt_entry(elf, entry, sec, idx, alt);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ free(alt);
return ret;
+ }
list_add_tail(&alt->list, alts);
}
--
2.17.1