[PATCHv4 1/4] notes: don't leak memory in git_config_get_notes_strategy
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From: Stefan Beller <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:09:09
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
`value` is just a temporary scratchpad, so we need to make sure it doesn't leak. It is xstrdup'd in `git_config_get_string_const` and `parse_notes_merge_strategy` just compares the string against predefined values, so no need to keep it around longer. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <redacted> --- builtin/notes.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c
index 52aa9af..afcfa8f 100644
--- a/builtin/notes.c
+++ b/builtin/notes.c@@ -741,13 +741,14 @@ static int merge_commit(struct notes_merge_options *o) static int git_config_get_notes_strategy(const char *key, enum notes_merge_strategy *strategy) { - const char *value; + char *value; - if (git_config_get_string_const(key, &value)) + if (git_config_get_string(key, &value)) return 1; if (parse_notes_merge_strategy(value, strategy)) git_die_config(key, "unknown notes merge strategy %s", value); + free(value); return 0; }
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