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authorJesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>2012-01-23 23:34:59 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2012-01-26 11:30:29 +0100
commit5067cf53cac9b36d42ebb3a45bb12259d0bc1e68 (patch)
treea8ff8b6b14ee8c9ba75fe2d6211fe2b89a5e44c7 /arch/x86/boot
parent3fe54564a61f72982032423d24041dca30617ca2 (diff)
downloadlinux-5067cf53cac9b36d42ebb3a45bb12259d0bc1e68.tar.gz
x86/boot-image: Don't leak phdrs in arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c::Parse_elf()
We allocate memory with malloc(), but neglect to free it before
the variable 'phdrs' goes out of scope --> leak.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LNX.2.00.1201232332590.8772@swampdragon.chaosbits.net
[ Mostly harmless. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 3a19d04cebeb..7116dcba0c9e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ static void parse_elf(void *output)
 		default: /* Ignore other PT_* */ break;
 		}
 	}
+
+	free(phdrs);
 }
 
 asmlinkage void decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,