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From schemers@slapshot.stanford.edu  Tue Jul 15 14:43:32 2003
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To: krb5-bugs@mit.edu
Subject: memory leak  in krb5_{init,free}_context?
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>Submitter-Id:	net
>Originator:	
>Organization:
	Stanford University
>Confidential:	no
>Synopsis:	memory leak in krb5_{init,free}_context
>Severity:	serious
>Priority:	medium
>Category:	krb5-libs
>Class:		sw-bug
>Release:	krb5-1.3
>Environment:
	
System: Linux slapshot.stanford.edu 2.4.20-18.9smp #1 SMP Thu May 29 06:55:05 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Architecture: i686

>Description:
	There seems to be a memory leak when calling krb5_init_context
        followed by a krb5_free_context.
>How-To-Repeat:

Run this program and top at the same time. The memory for the process keeps
growing and growing. Using /usr/kerberos from Red Hat 9 there is no leak,
while when using Kerberos 1.3 from MIT there is a leak.

#include <krb5.h>

int 
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    krb5_context ctx;
    while (1) {
        krb5_init_context(&ctx);
        krb5_free_context(ctx);
    }
}

>Fix:
	haven't investigated that far yet...