When "add_to_tip_table()" is called with a non-zero "shorten_unambiguous" we always return an xstrdup()'d string, which we'd then xstrdup() again, leaking memory. See [1] and [2] for how this leak came about. 1. 98c5c4ad015 (name-rev: allow to specify a subpath for --refs option, 2013-06-18) 2. b23e0b9353e (name-rev: allow converting the exact object name at the tip of a ref, 2013-07-07) Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- builtin/name-rev.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builtin/name-rev.c b/builtin/name-rev.c index 15535e914a6..24f4438eb01 100644 --- a/builtin/name-rev.c +++ b/builtin/name-rev.c @@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ static void add_to_tip_table(const struct object_id *oid, const char *refname, ALLOC_GROW(tip_table.table, tip_table.nr + 1, tip_table.alloc); oidcpy(&tip_table.table[tip_table.nr].oid, oid); - tip_table.table[tip_table.nr].refname = xstrdup(refname); + tip_table.table[tip_table.nr].refname = shorten_unambiguous ? refname : + xstrdup(refname); tip_table.table[tip_table.nr].commit = commit; tip_table.table[tip_table.nr].taggerdate = taggerdate; tip_table.table[tip_table.nr].from_tag = from_tag; -- 2.39.0.1153.gb0033028ca9