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Re: [PATCH 04/28] connect: clear child process before freeing in diagnostic mode

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Sep 26, 2024, 13:49 UTC
Message-ID
<ZvVmeygAJ3GhhQoC@pks.im>
In-Reply-To
<20240924215124.GD1143820@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 05:51:24PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
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> The git_connect() function has a special CONNECT_DIAG_URL mode, where we
> stop short of actually connecting to the other side and just print some
> parsing details. For URLs that require a child process (like ssh), we
> free() the child_process struct but forget to clear it, leaking the
> strings we stuffed into its "env" list.
> 
> This leak is triggered many times in t5500, which uses "fetch-pack
> --diag-url", but we're not yet ready to mark it as leak-free.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
>  connect.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/connect.c b/connect.c
> index 6829ab3974..58f53d8dcb 100644
> --- a/connect.c
> +++ b/connect.c
> @@ -1485,6 +1485,7 @@ struct child_process *git_connect(int fd[2], const char *url,
>  
>  				free(hostandport);
>  				free(path);
> +				child_process_clear(conn);
>  				free(conn);
>  				strbuf_release(&cmd);
>  				return NULL;

There's only a single exit path in this function that ends up discarding the `struct child_process`, so this looks good to me.

Patrick
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Message 8 of 49 in “leak fixes for http fetch/push”
  1. 0/28 leak fixes for http fetch/pushJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  2. 01/28 http-fetch: clear leaking git-index-pack(1) argumentsJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  3. 02/28 shallow: fix leak when unregistering last shallow rootJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  4. 03/28 fetch-pack: fix leaking sought refsJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  5. René ScharfeSep 25, 2024
  6. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  7. 04/28 connect: clear child process before freeing in diagnostic modeJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  8. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  9. 05/28 fetch-pack: free object filter before exitingJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  10. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  11. 06/28 fetch-pack, send-pack: clean up shallow oid arrayJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  12. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  13. Jeff KingSep 27, 2024
  14. 07/28 commit: avoid leaking already-saved bufferJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  15. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  16. 08/28 send-pack: free cas options before exitJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  17. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  18. Jeff KingSep 27, 2024
  19. 09/28 transport-helper: fix strbuf leak in push_refs_with_push()Jeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  20. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  21. Jeff KingSep 27, 2024
  22. 10/28 fetch: free "raw" string when shrinking refspecJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  23. 11/28 fetch-pack: clear pack lockfiles listJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  24. 12/28 transport-helper: fix leak of dummy refs_listJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  25. 13/28 http: fix leak when redacting cookies from curl traceJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  26. 14/28 http: fix leak of http_object_request structJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  27. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  28. Jeff KingSep 27, 2024
  29. 15/28 http: call git_inflate_end() when releasing http_object_requestJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  30. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  31. Jeff KingSep 27, 2024
  32. 16/28 http: stop leaking buffer in http_get_info_packs()Jeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  33. 17/28 remote-curl: free HEAD ref with free_one_ref()Jeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  34. 18/28 http-walker: free fake packed_git listJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  35. 19/28 http-push: clear refspecs before exitingJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  36. 20/28 http-push: free repo->url stringJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  37. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  38. Jeff KingSep 27, 2024
  39. 21/28 http-push: free curl header listsJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  40. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  41. 22/28 http-push: free transfer_request dest fieldJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  42. 23/28 http-push: free transfer_request strbufJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  43. 24/28 http-push: free remote_ls_ctx.dentry_nameJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  44. 25/28 http-push: free xml_ctx.cdata after useJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  45. 26/28 http-push: clean up objects listJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  46. 27/28 http-push: clean up loose request when falling back to packedJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  47. 28/28 http-push: clean up local_refs at exitJeff King, Sep 24, 2024
  48. Patrick SteinhardtSep 26, 2024
  49. Jeff KingSep 27, 2024

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