[PATCH] string: Fix memory leak in argz-addsep.c
Adhemerval Zanella Netto
adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
Mon Jun 22 16:16:17 GMT 2026
On 19/06/26 10:11, Samuel Balazi wrote:
> Assign the realloc result to a temporary variable, so the original
> memory block is not lost if the allocation fails.
LGTM, thanks.
Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
> ---
> 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;
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