From: Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:06:05 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: posix: Fix memory leak a memory leak in glob.
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1eba0b35ad3e860a0d4fae12579e8399355eee44;p=thirdparty%2Fglibc.git

posix: Fix memory leak a memory leak in glob.

Found by Coverity in Gnulib.

* posix/glob.c (__glob): Add scratch_buffer_free invocation, to match
scratch_buffer_init invocation.

Reviewed-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/posix/glob.c b/posix/glob.c
index 0c86d26972..846528e252 100644
--- a/posix/glob.c
+++ b/posix/glob.c
@@ -886,6 +886,7 @@ __glob (const char *pattern, int flags, int (*errfunc) (const char *, int),
                   {
                     /* We have to regard it as an error if we cannot find the
                        home directory.  */
+                    scratch_buffer_free (&pwtmpbuf);
                     retval = GLOB_NOMATCH;
                     goto out;
                   }