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[PATCH v2 16/20] remote: fix leaks when matching refspecs

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Aug 22, 2024, 09:17 UTC
Message-ID
<440b3d993724c465971628e9548c4937a7cd0833.1724315484.git.ps@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
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In `match_explicit()`, we try to match a source ref with a destination ref according to a refspec item. This matching sometimes requires us to allocate a new source spec so that it looks like we expect. And while we in some end up assigning this allocated ref as `peer_ref`, which hands over ownership of it to the caller, in other cases we don't. We neither free it though, causing a memory leak.

Fix the leak by creating a common exit path where we can easily free the source ref in case it is allocated and hasn't been handed over to the caller.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 remote.c          | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 t/t5505-remote.sh |  1 +
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 2c52119bbb2..6ea81f9665b 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -1344,18 +1344,21 @@ static int match_explicit(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst,
 			  struct ref ***dst_tail,
 			  struct refspec_item *rs)
 {
-	struct ref *matched_src, *matched_dst;
-	int allocated_src;
+	struct ref *matched_src = NULL, *matched_dst = NULL;
+	int allocated_src = 0, ret;
 
 	const char *dst_value = rs->dst;
 	char *dst_guess;
 
-	if (rs->pattern || rs->matching || rs->negative)
-		return 0;
+	if (rs->pattern || rs->matching || rs->negative) {
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	matched_src = matched_dst = NULL;
-	if (match_explicit_lhs(src, rs, &matched_src, &allocated_src) < 0)
-		return -1;
+	if (match_explicit_lhs(src, rs, &matched_src, &allocated_src) < 0) {
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (!dst_value) {
 		int flag;
@@ -1394,18 +1397,30 @@ static int match_explicit(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst,
 		      dst_value);
 		break;
 	}
-	if (!matched_dst)
-		return -1;
-	if (matched_dst->peer_ref)
-		return error(_("dst ref %s receives from more than one src"),
-			     matched_dst->name);
-	else {
+
+	if (!matched_dst) {
+		ret = -1;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (matched_dst->peer_ref) {
+		ret = error(_("dst ref %s receives from more than one src"),
+			    matched_dst->name);
+		goto out;
+	} else {
 		matched_dst->peer_ref = allocated_src ?
 					matched_src :
 					copy_ref(matched_src);
 		matched_dst->force = rs->force;
+		matched_src = NULL;
 	}
-	return 0;
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+out:
+	if (allocated_src)
+		free_one_ref(matched_src);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int match_explicit_refs(struct ref *src, struct ref *dst,
diff --git a/t/t5505-remote.sh b/t/t5505-remote.sh
index 08424e878e1..532035933f3 100755
--- a/t/t5505-remote.sh
+++ b/t/t5505-remote.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description='git remote porcelain-ish'
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 setup_repository () {
-- 
2.46.0.164.g477ce5ccd6.dirty
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  54. 16/20 remote: fix leaks when matching refspecsPatrick Steinhardt, Aug 22, 2024
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  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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