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* [PATCH] bootargs: fix memory leak
@ 2025-11-27  8:07 Sascha Hauer
  2025-11-28  7:11 ` Sascha Hauer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sascha Hauer @ 2025-11-27  8:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Barebox List

globalvar_get_match() returns an allocated string. Free it after usage,
even when the allocated string is empty.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
---
 common/bootargs.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common/bootargs.c b/common/bootargs.c
index ad8007d32a..36528b8b58 100644
--- a/common/bootargs.c
+++ b/common/bootargs.c
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ const char *linux_bootargs_get(void)
 	free(linux_bootargs);
 
 	bootargs = globalvar_get_match("linux.bootargs.", " ");
-	if (!strlen(bootargs))
+	if (!strlen(bootargs)) {
+		free(bootargs);
 		return getenv("bootargs");
+	}
 
 	linux_bootargs = bootargs;
 
-- 
2.47.3




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* Re: [PATCH] bootargs: fix memory leak
  2025-11-27  8:07 [PATCH] bootargs: fix memory leak Sascha Hauer
@ 2025-11-28  7:11 ` Sascha Hauer
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sascha Hauer @ 2025-11-28  7:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Barebox List, Sascha Hauer


On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 09:07:05 +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> globalvar_get_match() returns an allocated string. Free it after usage,
> even when the allocated string is empty.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] bootargs: fix memory leak
      https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=16c2f25348d9 (link may not be stable)

Best regards,
-- 
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>




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