[New-bugs-announce] [issue12186] readline.replace_history_item still leaks memory

[stefanholek]

New submission from stefanholek <stefan at epy.co.at>:

This is a continuation of issue #9450.

The 'data' element of a history entry may point to an undo list for the entry. When freeing the entry the associated undo list must be freed as well, and 'free(data)' alone does not cut it. I have not found any other use of the 'data' element in all of GNU Readline, so it is safe to assume it is either NULL or an undo list.

diff --git a/rl/readline.c b/rl/readline.c
index 26ac1e2..c8efd5b 100644
--- a/rl/readline.c
+++ b/rl/readline.c
@@ -541,8 +541,18 @@
 static void
 _py_free_history_entry(HIST_ENTRY *entry)
 {
-       histdata_t data = free_history_entry(entry);
-       free(data);
+       UNDO_LIST *undo_list;
+       UNDO_LIST *release;
+
+       /* A history entry may have an undo_list attached */
+       undo_list = (UNDO_LIST *)free_history_entry(entry);
+       while (undo_list) {
+               release = undo_list;
+               undo_list = undo_list->next;
+               if (release->what == UNDO_DELETE)
+                       free(release->text);
+               free(release);
+       }
 }

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 136951
nosy: stefanholek
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: readline.replace_history_item still leaks memory
type: resource usage

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