write_build_id and write_package_metadata leaks
Alan Modra
amodra@gmail.com
Thu Jan 16 22:05:38 GMT 2025
There isn't much sense in stashing contents in sec->contents
after those contents have been written.
* ldelf.c (write_build_id): Don't assign sec->contents.
Free contents if malloc'd here.
(write_package_metadata): Likewise.
diff --git a/ld/ldelf.c b/ld/ldelf.c
index ce080585929..4a1aa044e70 100644
--- a/ld/ldelf.c
+++ b/ld/ldelf.c
@@ -1458,14 +1458,12 @@ write_build_id (bfd *abfd)
}
i_shdr = &elf_section_data (asec->output_section)->this_hdr;
- if (i_shdr->contents == NULL)
- {
- if (asec->contents == NULL)
- asec->contents = (unsigned char *) xmalloc (asec->size);
- contents = asec->contents;
- }
- else
+ if (i_shdr->contents != NULL)
contents = i_shdr->contents + asec->output_offset;
+ else if (asec->contents != NULL)
+ contents = asec->contents;
+ else
+ contents = xmalloc (asec->size);
e_note = (Elf_External_Note *) contents;
size = offsetof (Elf_External_Note, name[sizeof "GNU"]);
@@ -1485,8 +1483,11 @@ write_build_id (bfd *abfd)
position = i_shdr->sh_offset + asec->output_offset;
size = asec->size;
- return (bfd_seek (abfd, position, SEEK_SET) == 0
- && bfd_write (contents, size, abfd) == size);
+ bool ret = (bfd_seek (abfd, position, SEEK_SET) == 0
+ && bfd_write (contents, size, abfd) == size);
+ if (i_shdr->contents == NULL && asec->contents == NULL)
+ free (contents);
+ return ret;
}
/* Make .note.gnu.build-id section, and set up elf_tdata->build_id. */
@@ -1547,14 +1548,12 @@ write_package_metadata (bfd *abfd)
}
i_shdr = &elf_section_data (asec->output_section)->this_hdr;
- if (i_shdr->contents == NULL)
- {
- if (asec->contents == NULL)
- asec->contents = (unsigned char *) xmalloc (asec->size);
- contents = asec->contents;
- }
- else
+ if (i_shdr->contents != NULL)
contents = i_shdr->contents + asec->output_offset;
+ else if (asec->contents != NULL)
+ contents = asec->contents;
+ else
+ contents = xmalloc (asec->size);
e_note = (Elf_External_Note *) contents;
size = offsetof (Elf_External_Note, name[sizeof "FDO"]);
@@ -1573,8 +1572,11 @@ write_package_metadata (bfd *abfd)
position = i_shdr->sh_offset + asec->output_offset;
size = asec->size;
- return (bfd_seek (abfd, position, SEEK_SET) == 0
- && bfd_write (contents, size, abfd) == size);
+ bool ret = (bfd_seek (abfd, position, SEEK_SET) == 0
+ && bfd_write (contents, size, abfd) == size);
+ if (i_shdr->contents == NULL && asec->contents == NULL)
+ free (contents);
+ return ret;
}
/* Make .note.package section.
--
Alan Modra
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