lib: fixed enormous memory leak in shm_ap_rbuff

thanks Sander ;)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/shm_ap_rbuff.c b/src/lib/shm_ap_rbuff.c
index 0a41dfb3..34583d8e 100644
--- a/src/lib/shm_ap_rbuff.c
+++ b/src/lib/shm_ap_rbuff.c
@@ -244,17 +244,20 @@ int shm_ap_rbuff_write(struct shm_ap_rbuff * rb, struct rb_entry * e)
 }
 struct rb_entry * shm_ap_rbuff_read(struct shm_ap_rbuff * rb)
 {
-        struct rb_entry * e = malloc(sizeof(*e));
-        if (e == NULL)
-                return NULL;
+        struct rb_entry * e = NULL;
 
         if (rb == NULL)
                 return NULL;
 
+        e = malloc(sizeof(*e));
+        if (e == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+
         pthread_mutex_lock(rb->shm_mutex);
 
         if (shm_rbuff_used(rb) == 0) {
                 pthread_mutex_unlock(rb->shm_mutex);
+                free(e);
                 return NULL;
         }