[PATCH] perf header: Fix memory leaks

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Thu Nov 18 2021 - 15:17:38 EST


These leaks were found with leak sanitizer running "perf pipe recording
and injection test". In pipe mode feat_fd may hold onto an events struct
that needs freeing. When string features are processed they may
overwrite an already created string, so free this before the overwrite.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/header.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 79cce216727e..e3c1a532d059 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -2321,6 +2321,7 @@ static int perf_header__read_build_ids(struct perf_header *header,
#define FEAT_PROCESS_STR_FUN(__feat, __feat_env) \
static int process_##__feat(struct feat_fd *ff, void *data __maybe_unused) \
{\
+ free(ff->ph->env.__feat_env); \
ff->ph->env.__feat_env = do_read_string(ff); \
return ff->ph->env.__feat_env ? 0 : -ENOMEM; \
}
@@ -4124,6 +4125,7 @@ int perf_event__process_feature(struct perf_session *session,
struct perf_record_header_feature *fe = (struct perf_record_header_feature *)event;
int type = fe->header.type;
u64 feat = fe->feat_id;
+ int ret = 0;

if (type < 0 || type >= PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX) {
pr_warning("invalid record type %d in pipe-mode\n", type);
@@ -4141,11 +4143,13 @@ int perf_event__process_feature(struct perf_session *session,
ff.size = event->header.size - sizeof(*fe);
ff.ph = &session->header;

- if (feat_ops[feat].process(&ff, NULL))
- return -1;
+ if (feat_ops[feat].process(&ff, NULL)) {
+ ret = -1;
+ goto out;
+ }

if (!feat_ops[feat].print || !tool->show_feat_hdr)
- return 0;
+ goto out;

if (!feat_ops[feat].full_only ||
tool->show_feat_hdr >= SHOW_FEAT_HEADER_FULL_INFO) {
@@ -4154,8 +4158,9 @@ int perf_event__process_feature(struct perf_session *session,
fprintf(stdout, "# %s info available, use -I to display\n",
feat_ops[feat].name);
}
-
- return 0;
+out:
+ free_event_desc(ff.events);
+ return ret;
}

size_t perf_event__fprintf_event_update(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
--
2.34.0.rc2.393.gf8c9666880-goog