Public bug reported: I run cppcheck on kerneloops and found a few issues:
* A memory leak in writefunction() * Various unchecked heap allocations - allocs that fail return null causing null pointer dereferencing and hence segfaults ** Affects: kerneloops (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium Assignee: Colin King (colin-king) Status: In Progress ** Changed in: kerneloops (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: kerneloops (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin King (colin-king) ** Changed in: kerneloops (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to kerneloops in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287109 Title: kernel oops suffers from memory leak and unchecked heap allocations Status in “kerneloops” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: I run cppcheck on kerneloops and found a few issues: * A memory leak in writefunction() * Various unchecked heap allocations - allocs that fail return null causing null pointer dereferencing and hence segfaults To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kerneloops/+bug/1287109/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp