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[PATCH v2 13/20] sideband: fix leaks when configuring sideband colors

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Aug 22, 2024, 09:17 UTC
Message-ID
<28805c15a425f822ef1851affa14803a5499b6d4.1724315484.git.ps@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1724315484.git.ps@pks.im>

We read a bunch of configs in `use_sideband_colors()` to configure the colors that Git should use. We never free the strings read from the config though, causing memory leaks.

Refactor the code to use `git_config_get_string_tmp()` instead, which does not allocate memory. As we throw the strings away after parsing them anyway there is no need to use allocated strings.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 sideband.c                          | 15 +++++++--------
 t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh |  1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sideband.c b/sideband.c
index 5d8907151fe..27853736901 100644
--- a/sideband.c
+++ b/sideband.c
@@ -30,28 +30,27 @@ static int use_sideband_colors(void)
 
 	const char *key = "color.remote";
 	struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
-	char *value;
+	const char *value;
 	int i;
 
 	if (use_sideband_colors_cached >= 0)
 		return use_sideband_colors_cached;
 
-	if (!git_config_get_string(key, &value)) {
+	if (!git_config_get_string_tmp(key, &value))
 		use_sideband_colors_cached = git_config_colorbool(key, value);
-	} else if (!git_config_get_string("color.ui", &value)) {
+	else if (!git_config_get_string_tmp("color.ui", &value))
 		use_sideband_colors_cached = git_config_colorbool("color.ui", value);
-	} else {
+	else
 		use_sideband_colors_cached = GIT_COLOR_AUTO;
-	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(keywords); i++) {
 		strbuf_reset(&sb);
 		strbuf_addf(&sb, "%s.%s", key, keywords[i].keyword);
-		if (git_config_get_string(sb.buf, &value))
-			continue;
-		if (color_parse(value, keywords[i].color))
+		if (git_config_get_string_tmp(sb.buf, &value))
 			continue;
+		color_parse(value, keywords[i].color);
 	}
+
 	strbuf_release(&sb);
 	return use_sideband_colors_cached;
 }
diff --git a/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh b/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh
index fa5de4500a4..516b22fd963 100755
--- a/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh
+++ b/t/t5409-colorize-remote-messages.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='remote messages are colorized on the client'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 test_expect_success 'setup' '
-- 
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  20. 12/20 builtin/send-pack: fix leaking refspecsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 20, 2024
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  28. Patrick SteinhardtAug 22, 2024
  29. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2024
  30. 16/20 remote: fix leaks when matching refspecsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 20, 2024
  31. 17/20 remote: fix leaking peer ref when expanding refmapPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 20, 2024
  32. 18/20 builtin/fetch: fix leaking transaction with `--atomic`Patrick Steinhardt, Aug 20, 2024
  33. 19/20 transport: fix leaking arguments when fetching from bundlePatrick Steinhardt, Aug 20, 2024
  34. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2024
  35. Patrick SteinhardtAug 22, 2024
  36. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2024
  37. 20/20 transport: fix leaking negotiation tipsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 20, 2024
  38. 00/20 Memory leak fixes (pt.5)Patrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  39. 01/20 mailinfo: fix leaking header dataPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  40. 02/20 convert: fix leaks when resetting attributesPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  41. 03/20 pretty: fix memory leaks when parsing pretty formatsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  42. 04/20 pretty: fix leaking key/value separator bufferPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  43. 05/20 builtin/merge-tree: fix leaking `-X` strategy optionsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  44. 06/20 builtin/upload-archive: fix leaking args passed to `write_archive()`Patrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  45. 07/20 builtin/archive: fix leaking `OPT_FILENAME()` valuePatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  46. 08/20 midx-write: fix leaking hashfile on error casesPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  47. 09/20 builtin/repack: fix leaks when computing packs to repackPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  48. 10/20 t/helper: fix leaking multi-pack-indices in "read-midx"Patrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  49. 11/20 transport: fix leaking OID arrays in git:// transport dataPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  50. 12/20 builtin/send-pack: fix leaking refspecsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  51. 13/20 sideband: fix leaks when configuring sideband colorsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  52. 14/20 builtin/fetch-pack: fix leaking refsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  53. 15/20 remote: fix leaking config stringsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  54. 16/20 remote: fix leaks when matching refspecsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  55. 17/20 remote: fix leaking peer ref when expanding refmapPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  56. 18/20 builtin/fetch: fix leaking transaction with `--atomic`Patrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  57. 19/20 transport: fix leaking arguments when fetching from bundlePatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
  58. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2024
  59. 20/20 transport: fix leaking negotiation tipsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
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