Signed-off-by: Zhi Li <yieli@xxxxxxxxxx> --- >From steved: Ok... I see why tmp original value needs to be maintained to do the free()... but I'm wondering why the freeing of p->nc_netid is needed... it appears to me it is part of tmp string... so when tmp is freed won't p->nc_netid be freed as well? Reply: Yes,you are right, p->nc_neti is a part of tmp string, so freeing tmp can make p->nc_neti be freed as well. p->nc_neti and tmp point to the same block of memory, so I only need to free p->nc_neti. I have update the issue. src/getnetconfig.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/getnetconfig.c b/src/getnetconfig.c index d67d97d..11b2449 100644 --- a/src/getnetconfig.c +++ b/src/getnetconfig.c @@ -710,7 +710,6 @@ struct netconfig *ncp; if (p->nc_lookups == NULL) { free(p->nc_netid); free(p); - free(tmp); return(NULL); } for (i=0; i < p->nc_nlookups; i++) { -- 2.7.5