From: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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