[MERGED] libosmocore[master]: memleak: osmo_config_list_parse: getline() needs free also o...

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Harald Welte gerrit-no-reply at lists.osmocom.org
Sat Nov 18 10:30:59 UTC 2017


Harald Welte has submitted this change and it was merged.

Change subject: memleak: osmo_config_list_parse: getline() needs free also on error
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memleak: osmo_config_list_parse: getline() needs free also on error

Helps fix sanitizer build on debian 9.

Change-Id: Iddf0a6cc733cd81d5f6c1eb62fc079ad319db119
---
M src/msgfile.c
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Approvals:
  Harald Welte: Looks good to me, approved
  Jenkins Builder: Verified



diff --git a/src/msgfile.c b/src/msgfile.c
index 278b9a7..1f11aa6 100644
--- a/src/msgfile.c
+++ b/src/msgfile.c
@@ -119,9 +119,10 @@
 	line = NULL;
         while (getline(&line, &n, file) != -1) {
 		handle_line(entries, line);
-		free(line);
-		line = NULL;
 	}
+	/* The returned getline() buffer needs to be freed even if it failed. It can simply re-use the
+	 * buffer that was allocated on the first call. */
+	free(line);
 
 	fclose(file);
 	return entries;

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Gerrit-MessageType: merged
Gerrit-Change-Id: Iddf0a6cc733cd81d5f6c1eb62fc079ad319db119
Gerrit-PatchSet: 2
Gerrit-Project: libosmocore
Gerrit-Branch: master
Gerrit-Owner: Neels Hofmeyr <nhofmeyr at sysmocom.de>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Harald Welte <laforge at gnumonks.org>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Jenkins Builder



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