From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] remote: fix leak in branch_get_push_1() with invalid "simple" config
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 07:34:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aW3QYPvRUkvwKU1E@pks.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260119052208.GC1991523@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 12:22:08AM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
> index 5de9619bc7..e191b0ff6e 100644
> --- a/remote.c
> +++ b/remote.c
> @@ -1938,9 +1938,11 @@ static const char *branch_get_push_1(struct repository *repo,
> cur = tracking_for_push_dest(remote, branch->refname, err);
> if (!cur)
> return NULL;
> - if (strcmp(cur, up))
> + if (strcmp(cur, up)) {
> + free(cur);
> return error_buf(err,
> _("cannot resolve 'simple' push to a single destination"));
> + }
Yup, this memory leak was easy to spot in the preceding commit after
your refactorings.
Patrick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-19 6:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-19 5:18 [PATCH 0/4] memory leaks in remote.c Jeff King
2026-01-19 5:19 ` [PATCH 1/4] remote: return non-const pointer from error_buf() Jeff King
2026-01-19 6:33 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-20 0:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-20 19:38 ` Jeff King
2026-01-20 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-01-19 5:20 ` [PATCH 2/4] remote: drop const return of tracking_for_push_dest() Jeff King
2026-01-19 6:34 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-19 5:22 ` [PATCH 3/4] remote: fix leak in branch_get_push_1() with invalid "simple" config Jeff King
2026-01-19 6:34 ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2026-01-19 5:23 ` [PATCH 4/4] remote: always allocate branch.push_tracking_ref Jeff King
2026-01-19 6:34 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-01-19 15:04 ` Triangular workflow Harald Nordgren
2026-01-20 19:40 ` Jeff King
2026-01-20 0:31 ` [PATCH 0/4] memory leaks in remote.c Junio C Hamano
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