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Title:	MEM34-C. Only free memory allocated dynamically
Author:	Robert C. Seacord	Jun 20, 2006
Last Changed by:	Francesco Mariani	Aug 06, 2025
Tiny Link: (useful for email)	https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/x/HNYxBQ
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SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard (1)     Page: MEM51-CPP. Properly deallocate dynamically allocated resources

SEI CERT C Coding Standard (1)     Page: EXP02-C. Be aware of the short-circuit behavior of the logical AND and OR operators

Parent Page     Page: Rule 08. Memory Management (MEM)

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May 05, 2025 08:58	Swasti Shrivastava
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    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/PVS-Studio
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v726/
    https://www.mathworks.com/help/bugfinder/ref/certcrulemem34…
    https://securityblog.redhat.com/2015/02/23/samba-vulnerabil…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/AA.+Bibliogra…
    https://pvs-studio.com/en/docs/warnings/v585/
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/Cppcheck
    cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/590.html
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/SEI+CERT+C+Co…
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    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/How+this+Codi…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/cplusplus/MEM51…
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?p…
    https://taas.trust-in-soft.com/tsnippet/t/3168a3b1
    https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/MEM31-C.+Free…
    https://www.kb.cert.org/vulnotes/bymetric?searchview&query=…

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