commit 566cc8c72bb8036f015a435800f28ef9f6a9a3b6
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Mon Jun 29 21:14:51 2020 +0200
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Mon Jun 29 21:14:51 2020 +0200
tree f261542849a6c11e2b89a34b660e4966a99a8cd7
parent cf30643ae607ae1a97b50e19c622dc8303723fa2

patch 8.2.1087: possible memory leak when file expansion fails

Problem:    Possible memory leak when file expansion fails.
Solution:   Clear the grow array when returning FAIL.  Use an error message
            instead of an empty string.

src/filepath.c

diff --git a/src/filepath.c b/src/filepath.c
index 6644e99..a1e281b 100644
--- a/src/filepath.c
+++ b/src/filepath.c
@@ -3813,8 +3813,13 @@
 	    vim_free(p);
     }
 
+    // When returning FAIL the array must be freed here.
+    if (retval == FAIL)
+	ga_clear(&ga);
+
     *num_file = ga.ga_len;
-    *file = (ga.ga_data != NULL) ? (char_u **)ga.ga_data : (char_u **)"";
+    *file = (ga.ga_data != NULL) ? (char_u **)ga.ga_data
+						  : (char_u **)_("no matches");
 
     recursive = FALSE;
 

src/version.c

diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 6f6e481..f38c978b 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1087,
+/**/
     1086,
 /**/
     1085,