[PATCH 4.14 60/75] perf tools: Fix leaking rec_argv in error cases

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Dec 07 2017 - 08:12:36 EST


4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx>


[ Upstream commit c896f85a7c15ab9d040ffac8b8003e47996602a2 ]

Let's free the allocated rec_argv in case we return early, in order to
avoid leaking memory.

This adds free() at a few very similar places across the tree where it
was missing.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Martin kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170913191419.29806-1-martink@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c | 1 +
tools/perf/builtin-mem.c | 1 +
tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c | 4 +++-
tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 1 +
4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-c2c.c
@@ -2733,6 +2733,7 @@ static int perf_c2c__record(int argc, co
if (!perf_mem_events[j].supported) {
pr_err("failed: event '%s' not supported\n",
perf_mem_events[j].name);
+ free(rec_argv);
return -1;
}

--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const
if (!perf_mem_events[j].supported) {
pr_err("failed: event '%s' not supported\n",
perf_mem_events__name(j));
+ free(rec_argv);
return -1;
}

--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -1732,8 +1732,10 @@ static int timechart__io_record(int argc
if (rec_argv == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;

- if (asprintf(&filter, "common_pid != %d", getpid()) < 0)
+ if (asprintf(&filter, "common_pid != %d", getpid()) < 0) {
+ free(rec_argv);
return -ENOMEM;
+ }

p = rec_argv;
for (i = 0; i < common_args_nr; i++)
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2086,6 +2086,7 @@ static int trace__record(struct trace *t
rec_argv[j++] = "syscalls:sys_enter,syscalls:sys_exit";
else {
pr_err("Neither raw_syscalls nor syscalls events exist.\n");
+ free(rec_argv);
return -1;
}
}