[PATCH 13/13] kexec: x86_64: elf: fix possible memory leak in elf_x86_64_load
Zhang Yanfei
zhangyanfei.yes at gmail.com
Mon Mar 25 11:18:19 EDT 2013
From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com>
In elf_x86_64_load, allocated memory may not be free'd if the code
exits abnormally, by calling die() or return. So the patch fixes
the possible memory leak.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com>
---
kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-elf-x86_64.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-elf-x86_64.c b/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-elf-x86_64.c
index 4a41780..7944be4 100644
--- a/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-elf-x86_64.c
+++ b/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-elf-x86_64.c
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ int elf_x86_64_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len,
#define ARG_STYLE_LINUX 1
#define ARG_STYLE_NONE 2
int opt;
+ int result = 0;
+ char *error_msg = NULL;
/* See options.h and add any new options there too! */
static const struct option options[] = {
@@ -208,7 +210,8 @@ int elf_x86_64_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len,
elf_rel_set_symbol(&info->rhdr, "entry64_regs", ®s, sizeof(regs));
if (ramdisk) {
- die("Ramdisks not supported with generic elf arguments");
+ error_msg = "Ramdisks not supported with generic elf arguments";
+ goto out;
}
}
else if (arg_style == ARG_STYLE_LINUX) {
@@ -240,8 +243,10 @@ int elf_x86_64_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len,
if (info->kexec_flags & KEXEC_ON_CRASH) {
rc = load_crashdump_segments(info, modified_cmdline,
max_addr, 0);
- if (rc < 0)
- return -1;
+ if (rc < 0) {
+ result = -1;
+ goto out;
+ }
/* Use new command line. */
free(command_line);
command_line = modified_cmdline;
@@ -267,10 +272,13 @@ int elf_x86_64_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len,
elf_rel_set_symbol(&info->rhdr, "entry64_regs", ®s, sizeof(regs));
}
else {
- die("Unknown argument style\n");
+ error_msg = "Unknown argument style\n";
}
+out:
free(command_line);
free(modified_cmdline);
- return 0;
+ if (error_msg)
+ die(error_msg);
+ return result;
}
--
1.7.1
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