Commit-ID: 470c8f7c88de013d266e1b61044efe8937728b7f Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/470c8f7c88de013d266e1b61044efe8937728b7f Author: Sanskriti Sharma <sansharm@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 10:29:13 -0400 Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 14:23:46 -0300 perf tools: Avoid double free in read_event_file() The temporary 'buf' buffer allocated in read_event_file() may be freed twice. Move the free() call to the common function exit point. Fixes the following coverity complaints: Error: USE_AFTER_FREE (CWE-825): tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c:309: double_free: Calling "free" frees pointer "buf" which has already been freed. Signed-off-by: Sanskriti Sharma <sansharm@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1538490554-8161-5-git-send-email-sansharm@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c index b98ee2a2eb44..a278e1eee5f5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event-read.c @@ -297,10 +297,8 @@ static int read_event_file(struct tep_handle *pevent, char *sys, } ret = do_read(buf, size); - if (ret < 0) { - free(buf); + if (ret < 0) goto out; - } ret = parse_event_file(pevent, buf, size, sys); if (ret < 0)