perf symbol: Use zfree() to reduce chances of use after free

Do defensive programming by using zfree() to initialize freed pointers
to NULL, so that eventual use after free result in a NULL pointer deref
instead of more subtle behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
index c559811..35724f6 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static bool get_ifunc_name(Elf *elf, struct dso *dso, GElf_Ehdr *ehdr,
 
 static void exit_rel(struct rel_info *ri)
 {
-       free(ri->sorted);
+       zfree(&ri->sorted);
 }
 
 static bool get_plt_sizes(struct dso *dso, GElf_Ehdr *ehdr, GElf_Shdr *shdr_plt,
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ struct rela_dyn_info {
 
 static void exit_rela_dyn(struct rela_dyn_info *di)
 {
-       free(di->sorted);
+       zfree(&di->sorted);
 }
 
 static int cmp_offset(const void *a, const void *b)