parse_synth_field() builds a "__data_loc ..." type string before
assigning it to field->type. If the seq_buf check fails, the temporary
string is not owned by field and is leaked. Free it before leaving.

Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yu Peng <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use __free(kfree) and no_free_ptr() as suggested by Steven.

 kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c 
b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
index e6871230bde96..ad2e70258291b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, char 
**argv,
        } else if (size == 0) {
                if (synth_field_is_string(field->type) ||
                    synth_field_is_stack(field->type)) {
-                       char *type;
+                       char *type __free(kfree) = NULL;
 
                        len = sizeof("__data_loc ") + strlen(field->type) + 1;
                        type = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ static struct synth_field *parse_synth_field(int argc, char 
**argv,
                        s.buffer[s.len] = '\0';
 
                        kfree(field->type);
-                       field->type = type;
+                       field->type = no_free_ptr(type);
 
                        field->is_dynamic = true;
                        size = sizeof(u64);
-- 
2.43.0

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