Patch "libbpf: Fix memory leak in parse_usdt_arg()" has been added to the 6.1-stable tree

[Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    libbpf: Fix memory leak in parse_usdt_arg()

to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     libbpf-fix-memory-leak-in-parse_usdt_arg.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.



commit a1ab9201689866daf4ad2de5f63a29471f57fddf
Author: Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Tue Oct 11 08:01:04 2022 -0400

    libbpf: Fix memory leak in parse_usdt_arg()
    
    [ Upstream commit 0dc9254e03704c75f2ebc9cbef2ce4de83fba603 ]
    
    In the arm64 version of parse_usdt_arg(), when sscanf returns 2, reg_name
    is allocated but not freed. Fix it.
    
    Fixes: 0f8619929c57 ("libbpf: Usdt aarch64 arg parsing support")
    Signed-off-by: Xu Kuohai <xukuohai@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20221011120108.782373-3-xukuohai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c b/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c
index e83b497c2245..49f3c3b7f609 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c
@@ -1348,25 +1348,23 @@ static int calc_pt_regs_off(const char *reg_name)
 
 static int parse_usdt_arg(const char *arg_str, int arg_num, struct usdt_arg_spec *arg)
 {
-	char *reg_name = NULL;
+	char reg_name[16];
 	int arg_sz, len, reg_off;
 	long off;
 
-	if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ \[ %m[a-z0-9], %ld ] %n", &arg_sz, &reg_name, &off, &len) == 3) {
+	if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ \[ %15[a-z0-9], %ld ] %n", &arg_sz, reg_name, &off, &len) == 3) {
 		/* Memory dereference case, e.g., -4@[sp, 96] */
 		arg->arg_type = USDT_ARG_REG_DEREF;
 		arg->val_off = off;
 		reg_off = calc_pt_regs_off(reg_name);
-		free(reg_name);
 		if (reg_off < 0)
 			return reg_off;
 		arg->reg_off = reg_off;
-	} else if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ \[ %m[a-z0-9] ] %n", &arg_sz, &reg_name, &len) == 2) {
+	} else if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ \[ %15[a-z0-9] ] %n", &arg_sz, reg_name, &len) == 2) {
 		/* Memory dereference case, e.g., -4@[sp] */
 		arg->arg_type = USDT_ARG_REG_DEREF;
 		arg->val_off = 0;
 		reg_off = calc_pt_regs_off(reg_name);
-		free(reg_name);
 		if (reg_off < 0)
 			return reg_off;
 		arg->reg_off = reg_off;
@@ -1375,12 +1373,11 @@ static int parse_usdt_arg(const char *arg_str, int arg_num, struct usdt_arg_spec
 		arg->arg_type = USDT_ARG_CONST;
 		arg->val_off = off;
 		arg->reg_off = 0;
-	} else if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %m[a-z0-9] %n", &arg_sz, &reg_name, &len) == 2) {
+	} else if (sscanf(arg_str, " %d @ %15[a-z0-9] %n", &arg_sz, reg_name, &len) == 2) {
 		/* Register read case, e.g., -8@x4 */
 		arg->arg_type = USDT_ARG_REG;
 		arg->val_off = 0;
 		reg_off = calc_pt_regs_off(reg_name);
-		free(reg_name);
 		if (reg_off < 0)
 			return reg_off;
 		arg->reg_off = reg_off;