The error code returned by virt_viewer_session_open_fd() and virt_viewer_session_channel_open_fd() were not checked. The file descriptor passed to them could then be left opened even if the function failed, causing a leak of resources. This was reported by a Coverity scan, logged under https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1655792 Signed-off-by: Julien Ropé <jrope@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/virt-viewer-app.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/virt-viewer-app.c b/src/virt-viewer-app.c index a292ad8..12ee09d 100644 --- a/src/virt-viewer-app.c +++ b/src/virt-viewer-app.c @@ -1296,7 +1296,11 @@ virt_viewer_app_channel_open(VirtViewerSession *session, return; } - virt_viewer_session_channel_open_fd(session, channel, fd); + if (!virt_viewer_session_channel_open_fd(session, channel, fd)) { + // in case of error, close the file descriptor to prevent a leak + // NOTE: as VNC doesn't support channel_open, this function will always return false for this protocol. + close(fd); + } } #else static void @@ -1355,7 +1359,10 @@ virt_viewer_app_default_activate(VirtViewerApp *self, GError **error) #endif if (fd >= 0) { - return virt_viewer_session_open_fd(VIRT_VIEWER_SESSION(priv->session), fd); + gboolean ret = virt_viewer_session_open_fd(VIRT_VIEWER_SESSION(priv->session), fd); + if (!ret) + close (fd); + return ret ; } else if (priv->guri) { virt_viewer_app_trace(self, "Opening connection to display at %s", priv->guri); return virt_viewer_session_open_uri(VIRT_VIEWER_SESSION(priv->session), priv->guri, error); -- 2.24.1