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[iproute2] tc: fix memory leak in error path

Message ID 20190206184407.17300-1-stephen@networkplumber.org
State Accepted
Delegated to: stephen hemminger
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Series [iproute2] tc: fix memory leak in error path | expand

Commit Message

Stephen Hemminger Feb. 6, 2019, 6:44 p.m. UTC 
If value passed to parse_percent was not valid, it would
leak the dynamic allocation from sscanf.

Fixes: 927e3cfb52b5 ("tc: B.W limits can now be specified in %.")
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 tc/tc_util.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/tc/tc_util.c b/tc/tc_util.c
index ab717890bb2a..1377b536e72f 100644
--- a/tc/tc_util.c
+++ b/tc/tc_util.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@  static int parse_percent_rate(char *rate, const char *str, const char *dev)
 	long dev_mbit;
 	int ret;
 	double perc, rate_mbit;
-	char *str_perc;
+	char *str_perc = NULL;
 
 	if (!dev[0]) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "No device specified; specify device to rate limit by percentage\n");
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@  static int parse_percent_rate(char *rate, const char *str, const char *dev)
 	return 0;
 
 malf:
+	free(str_perc);
 	fprintf(stderr, "Specified rate value could not be read or is malformed\n");
 	return -1;
 }