[New-bugs-announce] [issue26474] Memory leak at malloc_closure.c

[John Snow]

New submission from John Snow:

malloc_closere.c holds a static list of items: free_list.
The items are being allocated in the more_core method using VirtualAlloc / mmap. However they never get released.

Here is the allocation code:

#ifdef MS_WIN32
    item = (ITEM *)VirtualAlloc(NULL,
                                           count * sizeof(ITEM),
                                           MEM_COMMIT,
                                           PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE);
    if (item == NULL)
        return;
#else
    item = (ITEM *)mmap(NULL,
                        count * sizeof(ITEM),
                        PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC,
                        MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS,
                        -1,
                        0);
    if (item == (void *)MAP_FAILED)
        return;
#endif

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components: ctypes
messages: 261138
nosy: John_Snow
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Memory leak at malloc_closure.c
type: resource usage
versions: Python 2.7

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