If the strdup() fails then we need to call bpf_object__close(obj) to avoid a resource leak. Fixes: 166750b ("libbpf: Support libbpf-provided extern variables") Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Shuyi Cheng <chengshuyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c index 6e11a7b..9d80794 100644 --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c @@ -7611,8 +7611,10 @@ int bpf_program__load(struct bpf_program *prog, char *license, __u32 kern_ver) kconfig = OPTS_GET(opts, kconfig, NULL); if (kconfig) { obj->kconfig = strdup(kconfig); - if (!obj->kconfig) - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + if (!obj->kconfig) { + err = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } } err = bpf_object__elf_init(obj); -- 1.8.3.1