From: Hao Zeng <zenghao@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit fa359d068574d29e7d2f0fdd0ebe4c6a12b5cfb9 ] Common realloc mistake: 'file_append' nulled but not freed upon failure Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230426010527.703093-1-zenghao@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Hao Zeng <zenghao@xxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/recordmcount.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c index e30216525325b..40ae6b2c7a6da 100644 --- a/scripts/recordmcount.c +++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c @@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static ssize_t uwrite(void const *const buf, size_t const count) { size_t cnt = count; off_t idx = 0; + void *p = NULL; file_updated = 1; @@ -117,7 +118,10 @@ static ssize_t uwrite(void const *const buf, size_t const count) off_t aoffset = (file_ptr + count) - file_end; if (aoffset > file_append_size) { - file_append = realloc(file_append, aoffset); + p = realloc(file_append, aoffset); + if (!p) + free(file_append); + file_append = p; file_append_size = aoffset; } if (!file_append) { -- 2.39.2