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@xxxxxxxxx> --- Only build has been tested. tools/objtool/elf.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c index d08f5f3670f8..17ee265a6c6b 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/elf.c +++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c @@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ struct symbol *elf_create_undef_symbol(struct elf *elf, const char *name) sym->sym.st_name = elf_add_string(elf, NULL, sym->name); if (sym->sym.st_name == -1) - return NULL; + goto err; sym->sym.st_info = GELF_ST_INFO(STB_GLOBAL, STT_NOTYPE); // st_other 0 @@ -744,19 +744,19 @@ struct symbol *elf_create_undef_symbol(struct elf *elf, const char *name) symtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab"); if (!symtab) { WARN("can't find .symtab"); - return NULL; + goto err; } s = elf_getscn(elf->elf, symtab->idx); if (!s) { WARN_ELF("elf_getscn"); - return NULL; + goto err; } data = elf_newdata(s); if (!data) { WARN_ELF("elf_newdata"); - return NULL; + goto err; } data->d_buf = &sym->sym; @@ -773,6 +773,10 @@ struct symbol *elf_create_undef_symbol(struct elf *elf, const char *name) elf_add_symbol(elf, sym); return sym; +err: + free(sym->name); + free(sym); + return NULL; } struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name, -- 2.25.1