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From: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: [PATCH 05/13] run_diff_files: avoid memory leak
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:04:23 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <860bc8f52dc9be8bbfafcda296be831a1ffaf1c2.1782889472.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2163.git.1782889472.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

In 4fc970c4388 (diff --cc: fix display of symlink conflicts during a
merge., 2007-02-25) a conditional block was introduced in
`run_diff_files()` that skips the rest of the loop iteration and
advances directly to the next iteration.

However, it missed that there was a similar conditional block that was
last touched in b4b1550315c (Don't instantiate structures with FAMs.,
2006-06-18) and which demonstrated that the `dpath` structure needed to
be released.

Let's fix this.

Pointed out by Coverity.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 diff-lib.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/diff-lib.c b/diff-lib.c
index ae91027a02..7ba839b4a8 100644
--- a/diff-lib.c
+++ b/diff-lib.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void run_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned int option)
 			continue;
 
 		if (ce_stage(ce)) {
-			struct combine_diff_path *dpath;
+			struct combine_diff_path *dpath = NULL;
 			struct diff_filepair *pair;
 			unsigned int wt_mode = 0;
 			int num_compare_stages = 0;
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ void run_diff_files(struct rev_info *revs, unsigned int option)
 			else {
 				if (changed < 0) {
 					perror(ce->name);
+					free(dpath);
 					continue;
 				}
 				wt_mode = 0;
-- 
gitgitgadget


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-01  7:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-01  7:04 [PATCH 00/13] coverity: fix leaks and error paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 01/13] load_one_loose_object_map(): fix resource leak Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-01 16:25   ` Junio C Hamano
2026-07-04  8:58     ` Johannes Schindelin
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 02/13] loose: avoid closing invalid fd on error path Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 03/13] download_https_uri_to_file(): do not leak fd upon failure Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 04/13] run-command: avoid close(-1) in start_command() error paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-01  7:04 ` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-07-01  7:56   ` [PATCH 05/13] run_diff_files: avoid memory leak Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-04  8:58     ` Johannes Schindelin
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 06/13] line-log: avoid redundant copy that leaks in process_ranges Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  8:02   ` Jeff King
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 07/13] dir: free allocations on parse-error paths in read_one_dir() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-04  8:58     ` Johannes Schindelin
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 08/13] submodule: fix cwd leak in get_superproject_working_tree() Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:56   ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-07-04  8:59     ` Johannes Schindelin
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 09/13] worktree: fix resource leaks when branch creation fails Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 10/13] imap-send: avoid leaking the IMAP upload buffer Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 11/13] reftable/table: release filter on error path Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 12/13] fsmonitor: plug token-data leak on early daemon-startup failures Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01  7:04 ` [PATCH 13/13] mingw: make exit_process() own the process handle on all paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-01 17:34 ` [PATCH 00/13] coverity: fix leaks and error paths Junio C Hamano
2026-07-05  8:24 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 01/12] load_one_loose_object_map(): fix resource leak Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 02/12] loose: avoid closing invalid fd on error path Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 03/12] download_https_uri_to_file(): do not leak fd upon failure Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 04/12] run-command: avoid `close(-1)` in `start_command()` error paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 05/12] line-log: avoid redundant copy that leaks in process_ranges Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 06/12] dir: free allocations on parse-error paths in `read_one_dir()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 07/12] submodule: fix cwd leak in `get_superproject_working_tree()` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 08/12] worktree: fix resource leaks when branch creation fails Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 09/12] imap-send: avoid leaking the IMAP upload buffer Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 10/12] reftable/table: release filter on error path Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 11/12] fsmonitor: plug token-data leak on early daemon-startup failures Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2026-07-05  8:24   ` [PATCH v2 12/12] mingw: make `exit_process()` own the process handle on all paths Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget

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