[PATCH 8/8] Avoid memory leak in ddc resort() if find_header() fails

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Mon Jan 28 17:08:42 PST 2013


Call find_header first, returning on failure before calling malloc.

Signed-off-by: Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com>
---
 hw/xfree86/ddc/ddc.c |    7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/xfree86/ddc/ddc.c b/hw/xfree86/ddc/ddc.c
index 28c9696..44c1d53 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/ddc/ddc.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/ddc/ddc.c
@@ -91,15 +91,16 @@ resort(unsigned char *s_block)
     unsigned char *d_new, *d_ptr, *d_end, *s_ptr, *s_end;
     unsigned char tmp;
 
+    s_ptr = find_header(s_block);
+    if (!s_ptr)
+        return NULL;
     s_end = s_block + EDID1_LEN;
+
     d_new = malloc(EDID1_LEN);
     if (!d_new)
         return NULL;
     d_end = d_new + EDID1_LEN;
 
-    s_ptr = find_header(s_block);
-    if (!s_ptr)
-        return NULL;
     for (d_ptr = d_new; d_ptr < d_end; d_ptr++) {
         tmp = *(s_ptr++);
         *d_ptr = tmp;
-- 
1.7.9.2



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