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RH.LEAK

Resource leak

The RH.LEAK checker finds instances in which all descriptors related to a previously acquired, but unreleased, resource are lost.

Vulnerability and risk

There are situations in which resources are limited, and if a resource isn't properly released, it will be unavailable at the next access attempt.

Vulnerable code example

1  #include <stdio.h>
 
2  int foo (const char *name) {
3      FILE *f = fopen(name, "r");
4       //...//
5      if (some_error) return 1;
6       //...//
7      fclose(f);
8      return 0;
9  }

Klocwork flags the code at line 5, indicating that a resource may be lost.