From: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] objtool: Fix memory leak in elf_alloc_reloc() on realloc failure
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:56:43 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260118065643.924837-1-geoffreyhe2@gmail.com> (raw)
When realloc() fails in elf_alloc_reloc(), the original buffer pointer
is overwritten with NULL before the failure is detected. This causes
the original buffer to become unreachable, resulting in a memory leak.
Fix this by using a temporary variable to hold the realloc() result.
If realloc() fails, free the original buffer and set d_buf to NULL to
maintain the expected error state before returning -1.
This bug is found by my static analysis tool and my code review.
Signed-off-by: Weigang He <geoffreyhe2@gmail.com>
---
tools/objtool/elf.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 6a8ed9c62323e..e47c5c4f25314 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -1521,12 +1521,15 @@ static int elf_alloc_reloc(struct elf *elf, struct section *rsec)
memcpy(rsec->data->d_buf, orig_buf,
nr_relocs_old * elf_rela_size(elf));
} else {
- rsec->data->d_buf = realloc(rsec->data->d_buf,
- nr_alloc * elf_rela_size(elf));
- if (!rsec->data->d_buf) {
+ void *new_d_buf = realloc(rsec->data->d_buf,
+ nr_alloc * elf_rela_size(elf));
+ if (!new_d_buf) {
ERROR_GLIBC("realloc");
+ free(rsec->data->d_buf);
+ rsec->data->d_buf = NULL;
return -1;
}
+ rsec->data->d_buf = new_d_buf;
}
rsec->nr_alloc_relocs = nr_alloc;
--
2.34.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-18 6:56 UTC|newest]
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2026-01-18 6:56 Weigang He [this message]
2026-01-19 12:08 ` Markus Elfring
2026-01-19 12:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
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