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[PATCH] Check return value of ftruncate call in http.c. Remove possible mem leak

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JLJeff Lasslett <jeff.lasslett@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 8, 2009, 05:38 UTC
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In new_http_object_request(), check ftruncate() call return value and handle possible errors. Remove possible leak of mem pointed to by url.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Lasslett <jeff.lasslett@gmail.com>
---
 http.c |   12 +++++++++---
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index a2720d5..34a3a35 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ struct http_object_request *new_http_object_request(const char *base_url,
 	char *hex = sha1_to_hex(sha1);
 	char *filename;
 	char prevfile[PATH_MAX];
-	char *url;
+	char *url = NULL;
 	int prevlocal;
 	unsigned char prev_buf[PREV_BUF_SIZE];
 	ssize_t prev_read = 0;
@@ -1189,7 +1189,11 @@ struct http_object_request *new_http_object_request(const char *base_url,
 		if (prev_posn>0) {
 			prev_posn = 0;
 			lseek(freq->localfile, 0, SEEK_SET);
-			ftruncate(freq->localfile, 0);
+			if (ftruncate(freq->localfile, 0) < 0) {
+				error("Couldn't truncate temporary file %s for %s: %s",
+					  freq->tmpfile, freq->filename, strerror(errno));
+				goto abort;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1216,10 +1220,12 @@ struct http_object_request *new_http_object_request(const char *base_url,
 				 CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, range_header);
 	}
 
+	free(url);
 	return freq;
 
-	free(url);
 abort:
+	free(url);
+	free(freq->url);
 	free(filename);
 	free(freq);
 	return NULL;
-- 
1.6.4.59.g4d590.dirty
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