Subject: [PATCH] pack-redundant: fix memory leak when open_pack_index() fails

From: Sahitya Chandra <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:08:59 +0530

In add_pack(), we allocate l.remaining_objects with llist_init() before
calling open_pack_index(). If open_pack_index() fails we return NULL
without freeing the allocated list, leaking the memory.

Fix by calling llist_free(l.remaining_objects) on the error path before
returning.

Signed-off-by: Sahitya Chandra <[email-masked]>
---
 builtin/pack-redundant.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/builtin/pack-redundant.c b/builtin/pack-redundant.c
index e4ecf774ca..86749bb7e7 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-redundant.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-redundant.c
@@ -546,8 +546,10 @@ static struct pack_list * add_pack(struct packed_git *p)
 	l.pack = p;
 	llist_init(&l.remaining_objects);
 
-	if (open_pack_index(p))
+	if (open_pack_index(p)) {
+		llist_free(l.remaining_objects);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	base = p->index_data;
 	base += 256 * 4 + ((p->index_version < 2) ? 4 : 8);
-- 
2.43.0