Package: glibc-doc
Version: 2.3.2.ds1-8
Severity: minor
The node "Dynamic String Input" contains this example:
> {
> char *variable, *value;
>
> if (2 > scanf ("%a[a-zA-Z0-9] = %a[^\n]\n",
> &variable, &value))
> {
> invalid_input_error ();
> return 0;
> }
>
> ...
> }
If scanf returns 1, then it has allocated memory for one string
and assigned it to variable. That string should be freed.
Please change the example to:
> {
> char *variable = NULL, *value = NULL;
>
> if (2 > scanf ("%a[a-zA-Z0-9] = %a[^\n]\n",
> &variable, &value))
> {
> free (variable);
> free (value);
> invalid_input_error ();
> return 0;
> }
>
> ...
> }
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux Astalo 2.4.21-kon.astalo.1 #1 la elokuun 23. 01:05:31 EEST 2003
i686
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8
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