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diff: Fix a use after free as well as a memory leak in change().

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diff: Fix a use after free as well as a memory leak in change().

When -B or -I are used, change() evaluates the lines in a hunk to
determine if it is a hunk that should be ignored. It does this by
reading each candidate line into a mallocated buffer via preadline()
and then calling ignoreline(). Previously the buffer was freed as a
side effect of ignoreline_pattern() called from ignoreline().
However, if only -B was specified, then ignoreline_pattern() was not
called and the lines were leaked. If both options were specified,
then ignoreline_pattern() was called before checking for a blank line
so that the second check was a use after free.

To fix, pull the free() out of ignoreline_pattern() and instead do it
up in change() so that is paired with preadline().

While here, simplify ignoreline() by checking for the -B and -I cases
individually without a separate clause for when both are set. Also,
do the cheaper check (-B) first, and remove a false comment (this
function is only called if at least one of -I or -B are specified).

Reviewed by: emaste
Reported by: GCC 12 -Wuse-after-free
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D36822

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Provenance
jhbAuthored on Oct 3 2022, 11:10 PM
Reviewer
emaste
Differential Revision
D36822: diff: Fix a use after free as well as a memory leak in change().
Parents
rG8f27c9d14a55: libiconv VIQR: Fix a use after free.
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