The patch titled
Subject: lib/decompress_unxz.c: fix: possible memory leak in unxz()
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
fix-possible-memory-leak-in-unxz.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/fix-possible-memory-leak-in-unxz.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Vishnu Sanal T <t.v.s10123@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: lib/decompress_unxz.c: fix: possible memory leak in unxz()
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 12:55:43 +0530
Fix possible memory leak in the function unxz() in lib/decompress_unxz.c
forgets to free the pointer 'in', when the statement if (fill == NULL &&
flush == NULL) is true.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241006072542.66442-2-t.v.s10123@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vishnu Sanal T <t.v.s10123@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/decompress_unxz.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/lib/decompress_unxz.c~fix-possible-memory-leak-in-unxz
+++ a/lib/decompress_unxz.c
@@ -343,13 +343,13 @@ STATIC int INIT unxz(unsigned char *in,
}
} while (ret == XZ_OK);
- if (must_free_in)
- free(in);
-
if (flush != NULL)
free(b.out);
}
+ if (must_free_in)
+ free(in);
+
if (in_used != NULL)
*in_used += b.in_pos;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from t.v.s10123@xxxxxxxxx are
fix-possible-memory-leak-in-unxz.patch
