[ldv-project] [PATCH] scripts/dtc: Fix memory leak in check_msg()

Mon Jul 25 19:56:17 MSK 2022

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 10:00 AM Stanislav Goriainov
<goriainov at ispras.ru> wrote:
>> When the function check_msg() is called, memory for str is allocated
> via xasprintf() and xasprintf_append() (as well as for file_str),
> but is not freed anywhere later (although file_str is).
>> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>> Fixes: c2e7075ca830 ("scripts/dtc: Update to upstream version v1.4.7-57-gf267e674d145")

scripts/dtc/ is sync'ed periodically with upstream dtc. We don't take
patches against it. You must submit this to upstream dtc.
> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Goriainov <goriainov at ispras.ru>
> ---
> scripts/dtc/checks.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>> diff --git a/scripts/dtc/checks.c b/scripts/dtc/checks.c
> index 781ba1129a8e..92ffc8de6a52 100644
> --- a/scripts/dtc/checks.c
> +++ b/scripts/dtc/checks.c
> @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ static inline void PRINTF(5, 6) check_msg(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti,
> }
>> fputs(str, stderr);
> + free(str);
> }
>> #define FAIL(c, dti, node, ...) \
> -- 2.34.1
>