[PATCH] Fix for gcc12 compile issues in ubcmd-util.h

From: Justin M. Forbes
Date: Fri Jan 28 2022 - 20:04:36 EST


While the current code builds fine with gcc 11, it does not with gcc 12,
resulting in:

In file included from help.c:12:
In function 'xrealloc',
inlined from 'add_cmdname' at help.c:24:2:
subcmd-util.h:56:23: error: pointer may be used after 'realloc' [-Werror=use-after-free]
56 | ret = realloc(ptr, size);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
subcmd-util.h:52:21: note: call to 'realloc' here
52 | void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
subcmd-util.h:58:31: error: pointer may be used after 'realloc' [-Werror=use-after-free]
58 | ret = realloc(ptr, 1);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
subcmd-util.h:52:21: note: call to 'realloc' here
52 | void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The was mentioned in upstream gcc bug
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=104069 where it was
determined that gcc was correct and the kernel needed to change. This
fixes that use-after-free and makes things build again.

Signed-off-by: Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h
index 794a375dad36..7009fc176636 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/subcmd-util.h
@@ -49,13 +49,12 @@ static NORETURN inline void die(const char *err, ...)

static inline void *xrealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
{
- void *ret = realloc(ptr, size);
- if (!ret && !size)
- ret = realloc(ptr, 1);
+ void *ret;
+ if (!size)
+ size = 1;
+ ret = realloc(ptr, size);
if (!ret) {
ret = realloc(ptr, size);
- if (!ret && !size)
- ret = realloc(ptr, 1);
if (!ret)
die("Out of memory, realloc failed");
}
--
2.34.1