From 18539b44e5fbeaa388b4f305697b937d6343c046 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Allan <baallan@sandia.gov>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:16:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix free of wild pointer if user omits an arg

strgp_decomp_init 'goto einval' jumps free an
uninitialized pointer (decomp) if the user supplies the wrong arguments.
---
 ldms/src/ldmsd/ldmsd_request.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ldms/src/ldmsd/ldmsd_request.c b/ldms/src/ldmsd/ldmsd_request.c
index e18416693..4b2152214 100644
--- a/ldms/src/ldmsd/ldmsd_request.c
+++ b/ldms/src/ldmsd/ldmsd_request.c
@@ -2425,7 +2425,7 @@ int strgp_decomp_init(ldmsd_strgp_t strgp, ldmsd_req_ctxt_t req);
 static int strgp_add_handler(ldmsd_req_ctxt_t reqc)
 {
 	char *attr_name, *name, *plugin, *container, *schema, *interval, *regex;
-	char *decomp;
+	char *decomp = NULL;
 	name = plugin = container = schema = NULL;
 	size_t cnt = 0;
 	uid_t uid;