Re: [PATCH] fix: possible memory leak in unxz()

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Sun,  6 Oct 2024 12:55:43 +0530 Vishnu Sanal T <t.v.s10123@gmail.com> wrote:

> Fixes possible memory leak in the function unxz() in
> lib/decompress_unxz.c forgets to free the pointer 'in', when
> the statement if (fill == NULL && flush == NULL) is true.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/lib/decompress_unxz.c
> +++ b/lib/decompress_unxz.c
> @@ -343,13 +343,13 @@ STATIC int INIT unxz(unsigned char *in, long in_size,
>  			}
>  		} while (ret == XZ_OK);
>  
> -		if (must_free_in)
> -			free(in);
> -
>  		if (flush != NULL)
>  			free(b.out);
>  	}
>  
> +	if (must_free_in)
> +		free(in);
> +
>  	if (in_used != NULL)
>  		*in_used += b.in_pos;
>  

Looks correct.

must_free_in needn't exist - `in' is always non-NULL here.  And
free(NULL) is OK anwyay.