[PATCH] xfree86: fix a memory leak in edidMakeAtom().

Michel Dänzer michel at daenzer.net
Wed Aug 7 00:53:22 PDT 2013


From: Leo Liu <leo.liu at amd.com>

leak happens when looping `xrandr --prop', need free for the mallocated data,
duplication of passed data to make sure free dynamic allocation inside the 
xf86RegisterRootWindowProperty().

Signed-off-by: Leo Liu <leo.liu at amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer at amd.com>
---
 hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c |    6 +++++-
 hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c   |    1 +
 hw/xfree86/ddc/ddcProperty.c   |    7 +------
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c
index 721159d..ed8cc87 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Helper.c
@@ -1813,6 +1813,7 @@ xf86RegisterRootWindowProperty(int ScrnIndex, Atom property, Atom type,
     }
     else {
         free(pNewProp->name);
+        free(pNewProp->data);
         existing = TRUE;
     }
 
@@ -1820,7 +1821,10 @@ xf86RegisterRootWindowProperty(int ScrnIndex, Atom property, Atom type,
     pNewProp->type = type;
     pNewProp->format = format;
     pNewProp->size = len;
-    pNewProp->data = value;
+    if (!(pNewProp->data = (pointer)malloc(len * format/8)))
+        return BadAlloc;
+    memcpy(pNewProp->data, value, (len * format/8));
 
     DebugF("new property filled\n");
 
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
index 91ec4c8..9694ab4 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ InitOutput(ScreenInfo * pScreenInfo, int argc, char **argv)
                     xf86DrvMsg(xf86Screens[i]->scrnIndex, X_WARNING,
                                "Failed to register VT property\n");
             }
+            free(VT);
         }
 
         if (SeatId) {
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/ddc/ddcProperty.c b/hw/xfree86/ddc/ddcProperty.c
index fc63f0e..16dd476 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/ddc/ddcProperty.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/ddc/ddcProperty.c
@@ -38,14 +38,9 @@ static void
 edidMakeAtom(int i, const char *name, CARD8 *data, int size)
 {
     Atom atom;
-    unsigned char *atom_data;
-
-    if (!(atom_data = malloc(size * sizeof(CARD8))))
-        return;
 
     atom = MakeAtom(name, strlen(name), TRUE);
-    memcpy(atom_data, data, size);
-    xf86RegisterRootWindowProperty(i, atom, XA_INTEGER, 8, size, atom_data);
+    xf86RegisterRootWindowProperty(i, atom, XA_INTEGER, 8, size, data);
 }
 
 static void
-- 
1.7.9.5



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