[U-Boot] [PATCH v5 11/16] ext4: Fix memory leak in case of failure

Stefan Brüns stefan.bruens at rwth-aachen.de
Tue Sep 6 04:36:51 CEST 2016


temp_ptr should always be freed, even if the function is left via
goto fail.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens at rwth-aachen.de>
Reviewed-by: Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski at samsung.com>
---
 fs/ext4/ext4_write.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_write.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_write.c
index 50c8415..5e208ef 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_write.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_write.c
@@ -974,7 +974,6 @@ int ext4fs_write(const char *fname, unsigned char *buffer,
 			sizeof(struct ext2_inode));
 		if (ext4fs_put_metadata(temp_ptr, parent_itable_blkno))
 			goto fail;
-		free(temp_ptr);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * If parent and child fall in same inode table block
@@ -985,7 +984,6 @@ int ext4fs_write(const char *fname, unsigned char *buffer,
 		gd_index--;
 		if (ext4fs_put_metadata(temp_ptr, itable_blkno))
 			goto fail;
-		free(temp_ptr);
 	}
 	ext4fs_update();
 	ext4fs_deinit();
@@ -996,6 +994,7 @@ int ext4fs_write(const char *fname, unsigned char *buffer,
 	fs->curr_inode_no = 0;
 	free(inode_buffer);
 	free(g_parent_inode);
+	free(temp_ptr);
 	g_parent_inode = NULL;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1003,6 +1002,7 @@ fail:
 	ext4fs_deinit();
 	free(inode_buffer);
 	free(g_parent_inode);
+	free(temp_ptr);
 	g_parent_inode = NULL;
 
 	return -1;
-- 
2.9.3



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