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commit 089e7229427aac7bef2dd1fed0b73d161b5b1087
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Sep 17 18:36:23 2026 -0500
[libbib,indxbib]: Fix Savannah #68703 (4/4).
Fix mismatched memory allocation/deallocation techniques, which risks
undefined behavior (UB) in C++.
* src/utils/indxbib/indxbib.cpp (main): Deallocate local variable `dir`
with free(3) rather than `delete[]`.
---
ChangeLog | 2 ++
src/utils/indxbib/indxbib.cpp | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 58224001c..50989842c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
* src/libs/libbib/index.cpp
(index_search_item_iterator::~index_search_item_iterator):
Deallocate `query` with free(3) rather than `delete[]`.
+ * src/utils/indxbib/indxbib.cpp (main): Deallocate local
+ variable `dir` with free(3) rather than `delete[]`.
2026-09-12 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
diff --git a/src/utils/indxbib/indxbib.cpp b/src/utils/indxbib/indxbib.cpp
index 36df77915..de7f190f7 100644
--- a/src/utils/indxbib/indxbib.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/indxbib/indxbib.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
char *dir = strsave(base_name);
dir[p - base_name] = '\0';
name_max = file_name_max(dir);
- delete[] dir;
+ free(dir);
}
else
name_max = file_name_max(".");
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