内存泄漏返回的字符串

时间:2013-09-02 16:37:10

标签: c string function valgrind memory-leaks

我正在编写一个函数,我操作一个字符串并在一系列strcpy和strcat之后返回一个字符串malloc:

char * doRequest(char *start, char**headers, char *body)
{
  char * reply;
  char * com;
  int i;

  reply = malloc(512 * sizeof(char));
  if (!reply)
    return SRV_ERR;
  strcpy(reply, "Your request ");
  com = strtok(start, " ");

  strcat(reply, com);
  strcat(reply, " with options: ");

  for (i = 0; headers[i] != NULL; i = i + 2)
  {
    strcat(reply, headers[i]);
    strcat(reply, ", ");
  }
  strcat(reply, "has been received.");
  strcat(reply, "\0");
  return reply;
}

然后我释放调用者代码中返回的指针:

  ...

  char * reply = doRequest(command, headers, body);
  int len = strlen(reply);
  printf("Return message: %s\n", doRequest(command, headers, body));
  if(writen(s, reply, len) != len) printf("Write error while replying\n");
  else printf("Request served correctly.\n");
  free(reply);

  ...

我认为要正确释放内存,但Valgrind仍然说这个内存没有被释放,因此丢失了。这段代码出了什么问题? 谢谢你的帮助!

2 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:3)

第二次拨打doRequest()时分配的内存永远不会是free() d。

我建议更换这一行:

printf("Return message: %s\n", doRequest(command, headers, body));

由此:

printf("Return message: '%s'\n", reply);

答案 1 :(得分:2)

  

printf(“返回消息:%s \ n”,doRequest(命令,标题,正文));

该doRequest调用没有free()。您的意思是printf(..., reply),也许?

另外,没有边界检查的strcpy + strcat是一种可以利用(可利用的)缓冲区溢出的方法。