[PATCH v1] lib subcmd: Avoid use-after-free when no commands are excluded

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Mon Jun 26 2023 - 18:22:28 EST


The array shortening may be an unnecessary array copy. Before commit
657a3efee43a ("lib subcmd: Avoid memory leak in exclude_cmds") this
was benign, but afterwards this could lead to a segv.

Fixes: 657a3efee43a ("lib subcmd: Avoid memory leak in exclude_cmds")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/lib/subcmd/help.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
index 67a8d6b740ea..b59ca17e406d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/help.c
@@ -77,10 +77,11 @@ void exclude_cmds(struct cmdnames *cmds, struct cmdnames *excludes)
ei++;
}
}
-
- while (ci < cmds->cnt) {
- zfree(&cmds->names[cj]);
- cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
+ if (ci != cj) {
+ while (ci < cmds->cnt) {
+ zfree(&cmds->names[cj]);
+ cmds->names[cj++] = cmds->names[ci++];
+ }
}
for (ci = cj; ci < cmds->cnt; ci++)
zfree(&cmds->names[ci]);
--
2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog