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* v2 [PATCH] sctp_xconnect: memory leak when malloc big buffer
@ 2013-01-15  1:52 Fan Du
  2013-01-15 12:43 ` Neil Horman
  2013-01-15 13:14 ` Daniel Borkmann
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Fan Du @ 2013-01-15  1:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-sctp

sctp_xconnect: memory leak when malloc big buffer

CLIENT repeatly call process_ready_sockets, which malloc without free,
so sctp_xconnect exit unexpectly.

Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@windriver.com>
v1->v2:
Declare this buffer statically suggested by Neil Horman.

---
 apps/sctp_xconnect.c |   12 +-----------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/sctp_xconnect.c b/apps/sctp_xconnect.c
index 5874c33..06ab29c 100644
--- a/apps/sctp_xconnect.c
+++ b/apps/sctp_xconnect.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ char *remote_host = NULL;
 sockaddr_storage_t client_loop,
 		server_loop;
 struct hostent *hst;
+char big_buffer[REALLY_BIG];
 
 void usage(char *argv0);
 void parse_arguments(int argc, char*argv[]);
@@ -380,13 +381,8 @@ void server_mode() {
 	int assoc_num =0;
 	struct msghdr inmessage;
 	struct iovec iov;
-	char *big_buffer;
 	char incmsg[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof(sctp_cmsg_data_t))];
 
-	if ((big_buffer = malloc(REALLY_BIG)) = NULL) {
-		printf("malloc failure: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		DUMP_CORE;
-	}
 
 	printf("Running in Server Mode...\n");
 
@@ -530,15 +526,9 @@ void process_ready_sockets(int client_socket[], int assoc_num, fd_set *rfds) {
         int i, stream, error;
 	struct msghdr inmessage;
 	struct iovec iov;
-	char *big_buffer;
 	char incmsg[CMSG_SPACE(sizeof (sctp_cmsg_data_t))];
 	sockaddr_storage_t msgname;
 
-	if ((big_buffer = malloc(REALLY_BIG)) = NULL) {
-		printf("malloc failure: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		DUMP_CORE;
-	}
-
         /* Setup inmessage to be able to receive in incomming message */
 	memset(&inmessage, 0, sizeof (inmessage));
 	iov.iov_base = big_buffer;
-- 
1.7.1


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