>From 535e106d22457435c8ef2773e0499b7cff2f9b19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:43:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] dmesg: Fix memory leak in dmesg(1).
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx>
---
sys-utils/dmesg.c | 5 +++--
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.c b/sys-utils/dmesg.c
index fd184aa..f1a7dcb 100644
--- a/sys-utils/dmesg.c
+++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.c
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (bufsize) {
sz = bufsize + 8;
- buf = (char *) malloc(sz);
+ buf = (char *) malloc(sz * sizeof(char));
n = klogctl(cmd, buf, sz);
} else {
sz = 16392;
while (1) {
- buf = (char *) malloc(sz);
+ buf = (char *) malloc(sz * sizeof(char));
n = klogctl(3, buf, sz); /* read only */
if (n != sz || sz > (1<<28))
break;
@@ -147,5 +147,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
}
if (lastc != '\n')
putchar('\n');
+ free(buf);
return 0;
}
--
1.7.0.4
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