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On 03/08/2024 17:10, Dmitry Chestnykh wrote:
format and format2 strings are allocated
by `malloc()` inside `xasprintf` so the memory
should be freed
* src/stat.c: Call `free()` on `format` and `format2`
---
src/stat.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/stat.c b/src/stat.c
index 1513abfaa..47f3b5052 100644
--- a/src/stat.c
+++ b/src/stat.c
@@ -1974,5 +1974,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
? do_statfs (argv[i], format)
: do_stat (argv[i], format, format2));
+ free(format);
+ free(format2);
main_exit (ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
}
Hi,
There are a could of problems with this.
1. It's redundant to free just before exit
2. It's invalid to free this memory with the -c format specified.
valgrind currently shows no leaks with or without -c
(it does show reachable blocks, but that's fine).
thanks,
Pádraig