Re: [PATCH 1/3] midx: fix broken free() in close_midx()
"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>
> When closing a multi-pack-index, we intend to close each pack-file
> and free the struct packed_git that represents it. However, this
> line was previously freeing the array of pointers, not the
> pointer itself. This leads to a double-free issue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> ---
> midx.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/midx.c b/midx.c
> index f3e8dbc108..999717b96f 100644
> --- a/midx.c
> +++ b/midx.c
> @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static void close_midx(struct multi_pack_index *m)
> for (i = 0; i < m->num_packs; i++) {
> if (m->packs[i]) {
> close_pack(m->packs[i]);
> - free(m->packs);
> + free(m->packs[i]);
> }
> }
> FREE_AND_NULL(m->packs);Yup, kinda obvious when we view it with the post context.