Free ptr if malloc() fails. Fixes a RESOURCE_LEAK error (CWE-772) Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c index 59498edc..4a9ecc5d 100644 --- a/lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c +++ b/lib/trace-cmd/trace-output.c @@ -955,7 +955,8 @@ create_event_list_item(struct tracecmd_output *handle, free(str); return; err_mem: - tracecmd_warning("Insufficient memory"); + free(ptr); + tracecmd_warning("Insufficient memory"); } static int read_ftrace_files(struct tracecmd_output *handle, bool compress) -- 2.44.0