Re: [PATCH] obexd/src/main: Fix memory leak on obex server

[Szymon Janc <szymon.janc@tieto.com>]

Hi Gowtham,

 On Wednesday 01 of October 2014 12:01:43 Gowtham Anandha Babu wrote:
> Freeing the variables at appropriate place.
> ---
>  obexd/src/main.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/obexd/src/main.c b/obexd/src/main.c
> index 80645f8..7a1ab98 100644
> --- a/obexd/src/main.c
> +++ b/obexd/src/main.c
> @@ -293,8 +293,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  		char *old_root = option_root, *home = getenv("HOME");
>  		if (home) {
>  			option_root = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", home, old_root);
> -			g_free(old_root);
> +			g_free(home);
>  		}
> +		g_free(old_root);
>  	}
>  
>  	if (option_capability == NULL)
> 

This patch is incorrect in multiple ways:
- freeing old_root without altering option_root would result in use-after-free
  few lines later in root_folder_setup() or (if program didn't crash already)
  double free on exit.
- freeing home pointer would result in crash or undefined behavior:
  from getenv manual: "As typically implemented, getenv() returns a pointer to
  a string within the environment list.  The caller must take care not to
  modify this string, since that would change the environment of the process.
  ...The string pointed to by the return value of getenv() may be statically
  allocated,"

But I agree that original code is a bit confusing. Maybe something like this
would make it more readable?

--- a/obexd/src/main.c
+++ b/obexd/src/main.c
@@ -290,8 +290,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
        }
 
        if (option_root[0] != '/') {
-               char *old_root = option_root, *home = getenv("HOME");
+               const char *home = getenv("HOME");
                if (home) {
+                       char *old_root = option_root;
                        option_root = g_strdup_printf("%s/%s", home, old_root);
                        g_free(old_root);
                }


-- 
Best regards, 
Szymon Janc