builtin/submodule--helper: fix leak when remote_submodule_branch() failed
In builtin/submodule--helper.c:update_submodule(), the variable remote_name is allocated in get_default_remote_submodule() but may be leaked if remote_submodule_branch() fails. Although it is unlikely that remote_submodule_branch() would fail after successfully obtaining a remote ref name from get_default_remote_submodule(), it is still possible. To prevent a potential memory leak, add a call to free(remote_name) at the early exit point. Signed-off-by: Lidong Yan <502024330056@smail.nju.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Lidong Yan committed
Jun 8, 2025 at 03:56 UTC
bfc9f9cc6454609e63fefdb95e3dc4f25fcdc8ef
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builtin/submodule--helper.c
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index c1a8029714..c5f2863b55 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -2660,8 +2660,10 @@ static int update_submodule(struct update_data *update_data)
if (code)
return code;
code = remote_submodule_branch(update_data->sm_path, &branch);
- if (code)
+ if (code) {
+ free(remote_name);
return code;
+ }
remote_ref = xstrfmt("refs/remotes/%s/%s", remote_name, branch);
free(remote_name);