On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 15:40:23 +0200 "Jerome Marchand" <jmarchan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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"); This function starts with: char *ptr; char *str; str = strdup(list->glob); if (!str) goto err_mem; Where ptr is not defined yet. I'm going to skip this patch. -- Steve > } > > static int read_ftrace_files(struct tracecmd_output *handle, bool compress)