[PATCH] bootstd: android: Add missing free in android_read_bootflow

Mattijs Korpershoek mkorpershoek at kernel.org
Thu Jan 15 09:23:58 CET 2026


Hi Francois,

Thank you for the patch.

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:14, Francois Berder <fberder at outlook.fr> wrote:

> If strdup call fails, one needs to free priv variable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Francois Berder <fberder at outlook.fr>

Good catch! Thanks for the fix.

Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek at kernel.org>

> ---
>  boot/bootmeth_android.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/boot/bootmeth_android.c b/boot/bootmeth_android.c
> index 1374551dbeb..1d70e8d5c05 100644
> --- a/boot/bootmeth_android.c
> +++ b/boot/bootmeth_android.c
> @@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ static int android_read_bootflow(struct udevice *dev, struct bootflow *bflow)
>  		priv->boot_mode = ANDROID_BOOT_MODE_NORMAL;
>  		bflow->os_name = strdup("Android");
>  	}
> -	if (!bflow->os_name)
> +	if (!bflow->os_name) {
> +		free(priv);
>  		return log_msg_ret("os", -ENOMEM);
> +	}
>  
>  	if (priv->boot_mode == ANDROID_BOOT_MODE_BOOTLOADER) {
>  		/* Clear BCB */
> -- 
> 2.43.0


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