Re: [PATCH] perf symbol-elf: fix memory leak: free sdt_note.args

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Fri Jun 04 2021 - 00:09:21 EST


On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 3:12 PM Riccardo Mancini <rickyman7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Reported by ASan.

Did you have a reproducer for getting this to fail?

> Signed-off-by: Riccardo Mancini <rickyman7@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Ian

> ---
> tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> index 4c56aa8374344..a73345730ba90 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> @@ -2412,6 +2412,7 @@ int cleanup_sdt_note_list(struct list_head *sdt_notes)
>
> list_for_each_entry_safe(pos, tmp, sdt_notes, note_list) {
> list_del_init(&pos->note_list);
> + zfree(&pos->args);
> zfree(&pos->name);
> zfree(&pos->provider);
> free(pos);
> --
> 2.31.1
>