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[PATCH] hash-object: fix a trivial leak in --path

From
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 5, 2022, 00:04 UTC
Message-ID
<patch-1.1-53863df1455-20220205T000422Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Fix a memory leak that happened when the --path option was provided. This leak has been with us ever since the option was added in 39702431500 (add --path option to git hash-object, 2008-08-03).

We can now mark "t1007-hash-object.sh" as passing when git is compiled with SANITIZE=leak. It'll now run in the the "GIT_TEST_PASSING_SANITIZE_LEAK=true" test mode (the "linux-leaks" CI target).

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/hash-object.c  | 9 +++++++--
 t/t1007-hash-object.sh | 1 +
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/hash-object.c b/builtin/hash-object.c
index c7b3ad74c60..db9b2535271 100644
--- a/builtin/hash-object.c
+++ b/builtin/hash-object.c
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ int cmd_hash_object(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int nongit = 0;
 	unsigned flags = HASH_FORMAT_CHECK;
 	const char *vpath = NULL;
+	char *vpath_free = NULL;
 	const struct option hash_object_options[] = {
 		OPT_STRING('t', NULL, &type, N_("type"), N_("object type")),
 		OPT_BIT('w', NULL, &flags, N_("write the object into the object database"),
@@ -114,8 +115,10 @@ int cmd_hash_object(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	else
 		prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
 
-	if (vpath && prefix)
-		vpath = prefix_filename(prefix, vpath);
+	if (vpath && prefix) {
+		vpath_free = prefix_filename(prefix, vpath);
+		vpath = vpath_free;
+	}
 
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 
@@ -156,5 +159,7 @@ int cmd_hash_object(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (stdin_paths)
 		hash_stdin_paths(type, no_filters, flags, literally);
 
+	free(vpath_free);
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/t/t1007-hash-object.sh b/t/t1007-hash-object.sh
index 64b340f2272..ac5ad8c7402 100755
--- a/t/t1007-hash-object.sh
+++ b/t/t1007-hash-object.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 test_description="git hash-object"
 
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
 . ./test-lib.sh
 
 echo_without_newline() {
-- 
2.35.1.945.g180f8b8dd92
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  1. hash-object: fix a trivial leak in --pathÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Feb 5, 2022
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