Re: [PATCH] system/vl: Free allocate memory for pid file name in case realpath() failed
Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <[email protected]> Sat, 16 May 2026 12:13:42 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.nongnu.qemu-trivial,org.nongnu.qemu-devel |
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On 15/5/26 16:38, Thomas Huth wrote: > 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; > } > Don't we also need to release the other paths? - qemu_unlink_pidfile() - pid_file_init() - pid_file_cleanup()