Re: [PATCH v2] samples/landlock: fix path_list memory leak

From: Mickaël Salaün
Date: Thu Apr 29 2021 - 05:22:16 EST



On 28/04/2021 23:38, trix@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Clang static analysis reports this error
>
> sandboxer.c:134:8: warning: Potential leak of memory
> pointed to by 'path_list'
> ret = 0;
> ^
> path_list is allocated in parse_path() but never freed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Previous version:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210427183755.2790654-1-trix@xxxxxxxxxx

> ---
> v2:
> - Remove NULL ptr check
> ---
> samples/landlock/sandboxer.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/samples/landlock/sandboxer.c b/samples/landlock/sandboxer.c
> index 7a15910d2171..8859fc193542 100644
> --- a/samples/landlock/sandboxer.c
> +++ b/samples/landlock/sandboxer.c
> @@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ static int populate_ruleset(
> ret = 0;
>
> out_free_name:
> + free(path_list);
> free(env_path_name);
> return ret;
> }
>