It seems that the function DMem_AllocateBlock (debug_mem.c) has an early return that might lead to memory leaks. See also the sonar issue Potential leak of memory pointed to by 'header' : https://sonarcloud.io/project/issues?id=shipilev_jdk&languages=c&open=AXck8B7zBBG2CXpcngZM&resolved=false&severities=BLOCKER&types=BUG
------------- Commit messages: - JDK-8260426 Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2252/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=2252&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8260426 Stats: 2 lines in 1 file changed: 1 ins; 0 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2252.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/2252/head:pull/2252 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2252