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authorDavidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>2010-07-30 11:43:36 -0400
committerKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>2010-08-04 11:46:38 +0200
commit219da9223d14aa21e4feb4fe850eb4c1691c98d8 (patch)
tree4d4992a01ffcbdf58eb7cf43e9e6ea83b4f7bbb2 /sys-utils
parent5d79666f8f7563ed9904a7ce2087f430ee2702b6 (diff)
downloadutil-linux-old-219da9223d14aa21e4feb4fe850eb4c1691c98d8.tar.gz
dmesg: fix memory leak in dmesg(1).
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils')
-rw-r--r--sys-utils/dmesg.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/dmesg.c b/sys-utils/dmesg.c
index fd184aaf..f1a7dcb7 100644
--- a/sys-utils/dmesg.c
+++ b/sys-utils/dmesg.c
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
if (bufsize) {
sz = bufsize + 8;
- buf = (char *) malloc(sz);
+ buf = (char *) malloc(sz * sizeof(char));
n = klogctl(cmd, buf, sz);
} else {
sz = 16392;
while (1) {
- buf = (char *) malloc(sz);
+ buf = (char *) malloc(sz * sizeof(char));
n = klogctl(3, buf, sz); /* read only */
if (n != sz || sz > (1<<28))
break;
@@ -147,5 +147,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
}
if (lastc != '\n')
putchar('\n');
+ free(buf);
return 0;
}