[PATCH 2/4] perf tools: Fix memory leak in kvm_events_report()
Michalis Niarchos <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:33:21 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.feeds.b4-sent,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-perf-users |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
parse_options() calls parse_options_subcommand(), which allocates the usage string. Free it. Signed-off-by: Michalis Niarchos <[email protected]> --- tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c index 44c6998f2ee5..1a013698cae3 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c @@ -1755,6 +1755,9 @@ kvm_events_report(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, int argc, const char **argv) if (argc) usage_with_options(kvm_events_report_usage, kvm_events_report_options); + + /* free usage string allocated by parse_options */ + free((void *)kvm_events_report_usage[0]); } #ifndef HAVE_SLANG_SUPPORT -- 2.55.0