Re: [PATCH] perf util: Fix use after free in metric__new

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Wed, Dec 08, 2021 at 06:11:13PM +0100, José Expósito escreveu:
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1494000
> Signed-off-by: José Expósito <jose.exposito89@xxxxxxxxx>

Sorry, overlooked this one, now processing.

You forgot to add:

Fixes: b85a4d61d3022608 ("perf metric: Allow modifiers on metrics")

Ian, I'm taking this one, obvious fix.

- Arnaldo

> ---
>  tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> index fffe02aae3ed..4d2fed3aefd1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> @@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ static struct metric *metric__new(const struct pmu_event *pe,
>  	m->metric_name = pe->metric_name;
>  	m->modifier = modifier ? strdup(modifier) : NULL;
>  	if (modifier && !m->modifier) {
> -		free(m);
>  		expr__ctx_free(m->pctx);
> +		free(m);
>  		return NULL;
>  	}
>  	m->metric_expr = pe->metric_expr;
> -- 
> 2.25.1

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- Arnaldo