[PATCH] string: Fix memory leak in argz-addsep.c
Samuel Balazi
samko.balazi@gmail.com
Fri Jun 19 13:11:39 GMT 2026
Assign the realloc result to a temporary variable, so the original
memory block is not lost if the allocation fails.
---
string/argz-addsep.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/string/argz-addsep.c b/string/argz-addsep.c
index 509559dee4..a077d9c7c0 100644
--- a/string/argz-addsep.c
+++ b/string/argz-addsep.c
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ __argz_add_sep (char **argz, size_t *argz_len, const char *string, int delim)
{
const char *rp;
char *wp;
+ char *tmp_argz;
- *argz = (char *) realloc (*argz, *argz_len + nlen);
- if (*argz == NULL)
+ tmp_argz = (char *) realloc (*argz, *argz_len + nlen);
+ if (tmp_argz == NULL)
return ENOMEM;
+ *argz = tmp_argz;
wp = *argz + *argz_len;
rp = string;
--
2.54.0
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