From 5e5b2a760b13aeecd72da9bda392d2d3510fc409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com>

Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2024 17:38:24 +0200

Subject: [PATCH 10/15] libtracefs: Prevent memory leak in

 tracefs_instance_create()

Free the path of the instance directory in the error path.

Fixes a RESSOURCE_LEAK error (CWE-772)

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-devel/20240606153830.2666120-11-jmarchan@redhat.com

Fixes: ebbb8507de560 libtracefs: Combine allocate and create APIs into one

Signed-off-by: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

---

 src/tracefs-instance.c | 1 +

 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/tracefs-instance.c b/src/tracefs-instance.c

index 9a26708..dd7decd 100644

--- a/src/tracefs-instance.c

+++ b/src/tracefs-instance.c

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ struct tracefs_instance *tracefs_instance_create(const char *name)

 	return inst;

 error:

+	tracefs_put_tracing_file(path);

 	tracefs_instance_free(inst);

 	return NULL;

 }

-- 

2.45.2