Landing: 037292b02f4c
Project / Subsystem
binutils / x86/disasm
Date
2026-05-22
Author
Jan Beulich <jbeulich@sourceware.org>
Commit
037292b02f4c48e80d1ab002cc589fe6c76e96ea
Source
public_inbox
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No
Breaking
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- binutils
- subsystem
- x86/disasm
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- 037292b02f4c48e80d1ab002cc589fe6c76e96ea
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- public_inbox
- headline
- X86/disasm: Avoid potential memory leak in annotation buffers
- tldr
- The x86 disassembler now frees annotation buffers correctly, preventing a potential memory leak.
- author
- Jan Beulich <jbeulich@sourceware.org>
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- committed
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- false
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- false
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- • disassembler
- • x86
- • memory leak
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- date
- 2026-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
A potential memory leak in the x86 disassembler’s annotation logic was fixed by moving the free() call outside of a conditional block where it could be skipped. This ensures that the annotation buffer is always freed, preventing memory leaks during disassembly.