[PATCH] tracing/user_events: Fix memory leak in user_event_create()
From: Xiu Jianfeng
Date: Mon Nov 14 2022 - 20:48:01 EST
Before current_user_event_group(), it has allocated memory and save it
in @name, this should freed before return error.
Fixes: e5d271812e7a ("tracing/user_events: Move pages/locks into groups to prepare for namespaces")
Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index ae78c2d53c8a..539b08ae7020 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -1100,8 +1100,10 @@ static int user_event_create(const char *raw_command)
group = current_user_event_group();
- if (!group)
+ if (!group) {
+ kfree(name);
return -ENOENT;
+ }
mutex_lock(&group->reg_mutex);
--
2.17.1