Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:47:09 +0300 | From | Dan Carpenter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] objtool: prevent memory leak in error paths |
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On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 01:45:11AM +0500, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote: > Memory allocated by sym and sym->name isn't being freed if some error > occurs in elf_create_undef_symbol(). Free the sym and sym->name if error > is detected before returning NULL. > > Addresses-Coverity: ("Prevent memory leak") > Fixes: 2f2f7e47f052 ("objtool: Add elf_create_undef_symbol()") > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <musamaanjum@gmail.com> > --- > Only build has been tested. >
Just ignore leaks from the tools/ directory. These things run and then exit and all the memory is freed. #OldSchoolGarbageCollector
regards, dan carpenter
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