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[PATCH] fill_oids_from_packs: fix memory leak when fill_oids_from_packs failed

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Lidong Yan via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
May 8, 2025, 13:51 UTC
Message-ID
<pull.1957.git.git.1746712275566.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Lidong Yan <502024330056@smail.nju.edu.cn>

In commit-graph.c line 1930, if open_pack_index failed, memory allocated in line 1925 by add_packed_git will leak. Simply add close_pack and free(p) will solve this problem.

Signed-off-by: Lidong Yan <502024330056@smail.nju.edu.cn>
---
    fill_oids_from_packs: fix memory leak when fill_oids_from_packs failed
    
    In commit-graph.c line 1930, if open_pack_index failed, memory allocated
    in line 1925 by add_packed_git will leak. Simply add close_pack and
    free(p) will solve this problem.
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1957%2Fbrandb97%2Ffix-commit-graph-leak-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1957/brandb97/fix-commit-graph-leak-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1957
 commit-graph.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index 6394752b0b0..93d867770b0 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -1929,6 +1929,8 @@ static int fill_oids_from_packs(struct write_commit_graph_context *ctx,
 		}
 		if (open_pack_index(p)) {
 			ret = error(_("error opening index for %s"), packname.buf);
+			close_pack(p);
+			free(p);
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 		for_each_object_in_pack(p, add_packed_commits, ctx,

base-commit: 6f84262c44a89851c3ae5a6e4c1a9d06b2068d75
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Message 1 of 7 in “fill_oids_from_packs: fix memory leak when fill_oids_from_packs failed”
  1. fill_oids_from_packs: fix memory leak when fill_oids_from_packs failedLidong Yan via GitGitGadget, May 8, 2025
  2. Patrick SteinhardtMay 9, 2025
  3. lidongyanMay 9, 2025
  4. fill_oids_from_packs: fix memory leak when fill_oids_from_packs failedLidong Yan via GitGitGadget, May 9, 2025
  5. Patrick SteinhardtMay 9, 2025
  6. commit-grap: fix memory leak when `fill_oids_from_packs()` failsLidong Yan via GitGitGadget, May 9, 2025
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2025

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