Hi Rich, While I was looking at hivex today I ran coverity on it. It spotted one problem but missed a similar one nearby. The following are from Hivex.xs: (generated by generator.ml) void node_set_values (h, node, values) hive_h *h; int node; pl_set_values values = unpack_pl_set_values (ST(2)); PREINIT: int r; PPCODE: r = hivex_node_set_values (h, node, values.nr_values, values.values, 0); free (values.values); if (r == -1) croak ("%s: %s", "node_set_values", strerror (errno)); void node_set_value (h, node, val) hive_h *h; int node; hive_set_value *val = unpack_set_value (ST(2)); PREINIT: int r; PPCODE: r = hivex_node_set_value (h, node, val, 0); free (val); if (r == -1) croak ("%s: %s", "node_set_value", strerror (errno)); -------------------------------------------- Here's the generated C. Note how each function uses XSRETURN_UNDEF without freeing the "values" or "val" data they have just allocated: XS(XS_Win__Hivex_node_set_values); /* prototype to pass -Wmissing-prototypes */ XS(XS_Win__Hivex_node_set_values) { #ifdef dVAR dVAR; dXSARGS; #else dXSARGS; #endif if (items != 3) croak_xs_usage(cv, "h, node, values"); PERL_UNUSED_VAR(ax); /* -Wall */ SP -= items; { hive_h * h; int node = (int)SvIV(ST(1)); pl_set_values values = unpack_pl_set_values (ST(2)); #line 477 "Hivex.xs" int r; #line 993 "Hivex.c" if (sv_isobject (ST(0)) && SvTYPE (SvRV (ST(0))) == SVt_PVMG) h = (hive_h *) SvIV ((SV *) SvRV (ST(0))); else { warn ("Win::Hivex::node_set_values(): h is not a blessed SV reference"); XSRETURN_UNDEF; }; #line 479 "Hivex.xs" r = hivex_node_set_values (h, node, values.nr_values, values.values, 0); free (values.values); if (r == -1) croak ("%s: %s", "node_set_values", strerror (errno)); #line 1006 "Hivex.c" PUTBACK; return; } } XS(XS_Win__Hivex_node_set_value); /* prototype to pass -Wmissing-prototypes */ XS(XS_Win__Hivex_node_set_value) { #ifdef dVAR dVAR; dXSARGS; #else dXSARGS; #endif if (items != 3) croak_xs_usage(cv, "h, node, val"); PERL_UNUSED_VAR(ax); /* -Wall */ SP -= items; { hive_h * h; int node = (int)SvIV(ST(1)); hive_set_value * val = unpack_set_value (ST(2)); #line 490 "Hivex.xs" int r; #line 1031 "Hivex.c" if (sv_isobject (ST(0)) && SvTYPE (SvRV (ST(0))) == SVt_PVMG) h = (hive_h *) SvIV ((SV *) SvRV (ST(0))); else { warn ("Win::Hivex::node_set_value(): h is not a blessed SV reference"); XSRETURN_UNDEF; }; #line 492 "Hivex.xs" r = hivex_node_set_value (h, node, val, 0); free (val); if (r == -1) croak ("%s: %s", "node_set_value", strerror (errno)); #line 1044 "Hivex.c" PUTBACK; return; } } -------------------------------------------- One way to fix it is to change generator.ml to induce this change in Hivex.xs: --- Hivex.xs.~1~ 2011-06-28 21:01:28.374623171 +0200 +++ Hivex.xs 2011-06-28 21:01:43.351623367 +0200 @@ -472,10 +472,10 @@ void node_set_values (h, node, values) hive_h *h; int node; - pl_set_values values = unpack_pl_set_values (ST(2)); PREINIT: int r; PPCODE: + pl_set_values values = unpack_pl_set_values (ST(2)); r = hivex_node_set_values (h, node, values.nr_values, values.values, 0); free (values.values); if (r == -1) @@ -485,10 +485,10 @@ void node_set_value (h, node, val) hive_h *h; int node; - hive_set_value *val = unpack_set_value (ST(2)); PREINIT: int r; PPCODE: + hive_set_value *val = unpack_set_value (ST(2)); r = hivex_node_set_value (h, node, val, 0); free (val); if (r == -1)