[PATCH] system/vl: Free allocate memory for pid file name in case realpath() failed
Thomas Huth <[email protected]> Fri, 15 May 2026 16:38:54 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.nongnu.qemu-trivial,org.nongnu.qemu-devel |
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From: Thomas Huth <[email protected]> In case realpath() fails, the code returns early in the function qemu_maybe_daemonize(), without freeing the allocated memory. Add a g_free() here to fix it. Fixes: dee2a4d4d2f ("vl: defuse PID file path resolve error") Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <[email protected]> --- system/vl.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/system/vl.c b/system/vl.c index d2f4044e5d8..7e2ed898240 100644 --- a/system/vl.c +++ b/system/vl.c @@ -2670,6 +2670,7 @@ static void qemu_maybe_daemonize(const char *pid_file) warn_report("not removing PID file on exit: cannot resolve PID " "file path: %s: %s", pid_file, strerror(errno)); } + g_free(pid_file_realpath); return; } -- 2.54.0