linux-ext4 - [PATCH] libext2fs memory leak in ext2fs_write_new

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Date:	Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:21:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Jim Garlick <garlick@...l.gov>
To:	tytso@....edu
cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] libext2fs memory leak in ext2fs_write_new_inode()

The following patch addresses a memory leak in libext2fs
that occurs when using ext2fs_write_new_inode() on a file system
configured with large inodes.

Signed-off-by: Jim Garlick <garlick@...l.gov>

Index: e2fsprogs+chaos/lib/ext2fs/inode.c
===================================================================
--- e2fsprogs+chaos.orig/lib/ext2fs/inode.c
+++ e2fsprogs+chaos/lib/ext2fs/inode.c
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_write_new_inode(ext2_fi
  	struct ext2_inode	*buf;
  	int 			size = EXT2_INODE_SIZE(fs->super);
  	struct ext2_inode_large	*large_inode;
+	errcode_t		rc;

  	if (size == sizeof(struct ext2_inode))
  		return ext2fs_write_inode_full(fs, ino, inode,
@@ -768,7 +769,9 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_write_new_inode(ext2_fi
  	large_inode->i_extra_isize = sizeof(struct ext2_inode_large) -
  		EXT2_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE;

-	return ext2fs_write_inode_full(fs, ino, buf, size);
+	rc = ext2fs_write_inode_full(fs, ino, buf, size);
+	free(buf);
+	return rc;
  }

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