On 01/13/2015 10:18 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
receivelog.c is leaking memory in CopyStreamReceive when receiving COPY data.
The issue has been spotted by coverity. The patch attached fixes the
problem, and contains as well improved comments.
*** a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/receivelog.c
--- b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/receivelog.c
***************
*** 1035,1046 **** CopyStreamReceive(PGconn *conn, long timeout, char **buffer)
if (rawlen == 0)
return 0;
}
! if (rawlen == -1) /* end-of-streaming or error */
return -2;
if (rawlen == -2)
{
fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not read COPY data: %s"),
progname, PQerrorMessage(conn));
return -1;
}
--- 1035,1056 ----
if (rawlen == 0)
return 0;
}
!
! /* end-of-streaming or error */
! if (rawlen == -1)
! {
! if (copybuf != NULL)
! PQfreemem(copybuf);
return -2;
+ }
+
+ /* failure when reading copy stream */
if (rawlen == -2)
{
fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not read COPY data: %s"),
progname, PQerrorMessage(conn));
+ if (copybuf != NULL)
+ PQfreemem(copybuf);
return -1;
}
This looks like a false positive to me. PQgetCopyData() will only return
a buffer if its return value is > 0
- Heikki
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