From: Peter Maydell Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 13:55:54 +0000 (+0100) Subject: block/qcow.c: Fix memory leak in qcow_create() X-Git-Url: http://xenbits.xensource.com/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=272545cf215f183ecb84c1d0fca3fd38db806977;p=people%2Fpauldu%2Fqemu.git block/qcow.c: Fix memory leak in qcow_create() Coverity points out that the code path in qcow_create() for the magic "fat:" backing file name leaks the memory used to store the filename (CID 1307771). Free the memory before we overwrite the pointer. Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell Reviewed-by: Eric Blake Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf --- diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c index 95ab123407..7bd94dcd46 100644 --- a/block/qcow.c +++ b/block/qcow.c @@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp) header_size += backing_filename_len; } else { /* special backing file for vvfat */ + g_free(backing_file); backing_file = NULL; } header.cluster_bits = 9; /* 512 byte cluster to avoid copying