7.3.4: memory leak in fe-exec.c:279 (realloc)

Hi,

I have found a memory leak in PostgreSQL 7.3.4,
src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c line 279:

buffer = realloc(buffer, buflen);
if (buffer == NULL)
return NULL;

The realloc manpage says:

"If realloc() fails the original block is left untouched - it is
not freed or moved."

i.e. "buffer" is not freed if there is not enough memory for
realloc. The code should be like this:

temp_buffer = realloc(buffer, buflen);
if (temp_buffer == NULL) {
free(buffer);
return NULL;
}
buffer = temp_buffer;

Regards,
Max Kellermann

Max Kellermann <max(at)linuxtag(dot)org> writes:
> I have found a memory leak in PostgreSQL 7.3.4,
> src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c line 279:

This appears to have been dealt with already (although realistically,
it would be an extremely brain-dead realloc that could ever fail here,
since the block is being shrunk not grown).

regards, tom lane