On error we return NULL, not out_buf. So make sure to not leak it.
Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard <mjw(a)redhat.com>
---
libelf/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
libelf/elf_compress.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/libelf/ChangeLog b/libelf/ChangeLog
index 350e4eb..668687d 100644
--- a/libelf/ChangeLog
+++ b/libelf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-04-14 Mark Wielaard <mjw(a)redhat.com>
+
+ * elf_compress.c (__libelf_compress): Free out_buf if deflateInit
+ fails.
+
2016-02-13 Mark Wielaard <mjw(a)redhat.com>
* elf32_updatefile.c (updatemmap): Free scns when out of memory.
diff --git a/libelf/elf_compress.c b/libelf/elf_compress.c
index 4c7c35e..10574ea 100644
--- a/libelf/elf_compress.c
+++ b/libelf/elf_compress.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ __libelf_compress (Elf_Scn *scn, size_t hsize, int ei_data,
int zrc = deflateInit (&z, Z_BEST_COMPRESSION);
if (zrc != Z_OK)
{
+ free (out_buf);
__libelf_seterrno (ELF_E_COMPRESS_ERROR);
return NULL;
}
--
2.5.5