From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Since get_command_line returns dynamically allocated memory, it is easy for the caller to forget freeing the memory. Here fixes a memory leak caused by this function. Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei at cn.fujitsu.com> --- kexec/arch/i386/kexec-multiboot-x86.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-multiboot-x86.c b/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-multiboot-x86.c index 4252f75..4520fd7 100644 --- a/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-multiboot-x86.c +++ b/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-multiboot-x86.c @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int multiboot_x86_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len, unsigned long mbi_base; struct entry32_regs regs; size_t mbi_bytes, mbi_offset; - char *command_line = NULL; + char *command_line = NULL, *tmp_cmdline = NULL; char *imagename, *cp, *append = NULL;; struct memory_range *range; int ranges; @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int multiboot_x86_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len, append = optarg; break; case OPT_REUSE_CMDLINE: - command_line = get_command_line(); + tmp_cmdline = get_command_line(); break; case OPT_MOD: modules++; @@ -204,7 +204,10 @@ int multiboot_x86_load(int argc, char **argv, const char *buf, off_t len, } } imagename = argv[optind]; - command_line = concat_cmdline(command_line, append); + command_line = concat_cmdline(tmp_cmdline, append); + if (tmp_cmdline) { + free(tmp_cmdline); + } command_line_len = strlen(command_line) + strlen(imagename) + 2; /* Load the ELF executable */ -- 1.7.1