The buffer containing the new filter isn't freed if we encounter an error after it was allocated. Free tmp in the error path. Fixes a RESSOURCE_LEAK error (CWE-772) Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/tracefs-filter.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/tracefs-filter.c b/src/tracefs-filter.c index afe3338..1b1c60e 100644 --- a/src/tracefs-filter.c +++ b/src/tracefs-filter.c @@ -250,12 +250,12 @@ static int append_filter(char **filter, unsigned int *state, case TRACEFS_COMPARE_NE: tmp = append_string(tmp, NULL, " != "); break; case TRACEFS_COMPARE_RE: if (!is_string) - goto inval; + goto free; tmp = append_string(tmp, NULL, "~"); break; default: if (is_string) - goto inval; + goto free; } switch (compare) { @@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ static int append_filter(char **filter, unsigned int *state, *state = S_COMPARE; return 0; +free: + free(tmp); inval: errno = EINVAL; return -1; -- 2.44.0