From c894dedded37eb8099bc14e32197ba5c5d7bd3fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Sabater Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 18:41:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] transport-helper: fix memory leak of helper on disconnect disconnect_helper() only frees data inside of the if(data->helper) block [1]. When the transport is disconnected without the helper being fully started, data->name allocated in transport_helper_init() is never freed. Move FREE_AND_NULL(data->name) outside the conditional block so it's always freed on disconnect. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/05fbadbae2184479c87c37675dde7bd79b3e32ab.1716465556.git.ps@pks.im/ Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak Mentored-by: Chandra Pratap Signed-off-by: Pablo Sabater Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- transport-helper.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c index 0fa0eb2d72..8a71354d50 100644 --- a/transport-helper.c +++ b/transport-helper.c @@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ static int disconnect_helper(struct transport *transport) close(data->helper->out); fclose(data->out); res = finish_command(data->helper); - FREE_AND_NULL(data->name); FREE_AND_NULL(data->helper); } + FREE_AND_NULL(data->name); return res; }