According to man buffer allocated by getline() should be freed by
the user program even if getline() failed.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE
static analysis tool.
---
tools/btgatt-client.c | 5 ++++-
tools/btgatt-server.c | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/btgatt-client.c b/tools/btgatt-client.c
index 8c9365aa2..9447062fb 100644
--- a/tools/btgatt-client.c
+++ b/tools/btgatt-client.c
@@ -1355,12 +1355,15 @@ static void prompt_read_cb(int fd, uint32_t events, void *user_data)
return;
}
- if ((read = getline(&line, &len, stdin)) == -1)
+ if ((read = getline(&line, &len, stdin)) == -1) {
+ free(line);
return;
+ }
if (read <= 1) {
cmd_help(cli, NULL);
print_prompt();
+ free(line);
return;
}
diff --git a/tools/btgatt-server.c b/tools/btgatt-server.c
index 4a5d2b720..90a6c9b0a 100644
--- a/tools/btgatt-server.c
+++ b/tools/btgatt-server.c
@@ -1080,12 +1080,15 @@ static void prompt_read_cb(int fd, uint32_t events, void *user_data)
}
read = getline(&line, &len, stdin);
- if (read < 0)
+ if (read < 0) {
+ free(line);
return;
+ }
if (read <= 1) {
cmd_help(server, NULL);
print_prompt();
+ free(line);
return;
}
--
2.35.3
